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Attleboro, Mass.

JAN 1 l93o

Curley Speec h Urges Biennials. Judges
Retirement, Rebuilding of Institutions}
Higher Gas, Cigaret Tax ^~

Governor Takes Two Hours to Urge Abolition URG£ S CHANGES

Of State Tax by Increasing Income Taxes,

Doubling Truck Rates, Increasing Dog

Track Fees and Licensing Slot Machines

Boston, Jan. 1— In a two-hour inaugural at the
second session of the 149th general court today, Gov
Curley recommended a variety of laws ranging from
abolition of the house or senate with biennial ses-
sions, to voluntary retirement of high court fudsea
to a two-cent tax on packs of cigarettes, to the re-
bui ding of 12 insane institutions, to annual regis-
tration of physicians. . 6

He urged the abolition of the , flnance companies, called for

state tax by increasing income
taxes, doubling motor truck rates

economic education" for adults,
reported no federal funds grant

-— I «.«jm«"«B iijutui uuck rates, "77 , •" •»««■»■« i U uua m»m-

mcreasing dog track fees, licens- ed Ior tne model housing under

ing slot machines and increas- lne 1935 sta,e law - asked that the
ing the three cent gasoline tax.

The governor began with
acknowledgement that his work
and wages program lacked •'corn-

state unemployment insurance,
law conform with the federal law
and recommended that by agree-
ment with nearby states the bor

— — „ m , r'vB.oin iav.ivi:u cum- ; ' " " " ■■'■■»* avai^a m c uor-

Plete fulfillment" but blamed it j dor IlnCs ** eliminated in crtm-
on the limited funds from the leg- ' inal !lunt s-

islature. He called social secuilty Tne inaugural renews the bien-
"the most important subject ever ' nial sessions and smaller mem-

confront the American people
and hinted at Townsend by say-
ing that other plans would jeop-
ardize this program.

The inaugural reviewed the
working men's compensation
amendments and urged that nurs-
es in institutions get the protec-
tion of this law. He asked that
1 "^department of labor be merged
with the industrial accident board
He asked a law to bar minors im

berahip recommendations made to
ilie 1935 legislature but goes fur-
ther to urge a constitutional
amendment to abolish the house
or senate just as Nebraska did A
larger pension to encourage vol-
untary retirement of aging judges
in high courts.

Failure to appropriate $1,750 -
000 for a hospital for criminal
insane was characterized as "a
low order of knavery without pre-

ing that lOOo unregistered doctors
and surgeons are practising in the]
state, the inaugural asks jail
terms for offenders with annual!
registration for all. A rebuilding!
of Rutland sanatorium and more
housing for employes at Rutland!

^A i \ mm "aJdK r orft to ' th e I
state capitol because of $80,000 1
rent now paid for offices outside,
abolition of the metropolitan!
olanning division since the state]

-■»" »~ "«« minors un- *, ■"'»!"} wuiiuui pre

der 16 from working by raising ' ccdent in the history of the com
thejschool age. ** j monwealth." With 21.000 patients

in insane hospitals built to hold

the school age.

The governor said that for the
first time the rising cost of auto
insurance had been halted He
suggested that some of the 39 000
guest suits for auto damage were
not valid and urged repeal of com-
pulsory insurance unless the reg-
5? ?. lven su raclent personnel
to investigate all accidents im-
mediately to check "racketeer-

( r«S )V- i ? UrIey called for mort-
gage interest rates below 5 1-2
per cent recommended a uniform
law on installment sales through

.17.000. the governor urged that 12

j hospitals be enlarged to hold 2000

.each. Living quarters should be

provided for 1500 more employee

he said. Another state school is

needed and a $1,750,000 appro-

! priation to care for mentally ill

i?«« l Sf ,olk - Failure to Provide
5«i£>.ooo to equip the research

! building built at Wrentham in
1931 was scored.

Recording a $2,000,000 yearly
cut in electric rates, the governor

I urged a sliding scale to have rates

i keep pace with dividends. Find-

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JAM 193b

Moran Remains as Head
j Of Sena te; Less Business

Republican senators hostile to
James G. Moran of Mansfield,
president of the senate, yesterday
abandoned their fight to deprive
him of the chair today when the
legislators assembled at thi State
House for the opening of the sec-
ond session of the 149th General
Court.

Anticipating a contest to retain
the presidency, Moran obtained
pledges of support from several of
his Republican associates who last
year cast their votes for former
President Erland P. Pish of Brook -
! line. That contest produced a sen-
sational filibuster climaxed by
Moran's election.

Abandonment of the plans to
rtect a successor to Moran meant
that the House and Senate could
organize in routine manner this
morning, thus releasing the mem-
bers of the two branches for at-
tendance at the joint convention
at noon where they listened to
C to y. Curl ey read his message in
tne House chamber.

With three exceptions the mem-
bership of the two branches were
the same as that which serve last
year. The new members are Sen.
William H. McSweeney of Salem
and Rep. Axel U. Sternlof of Wor-
cester and William Stockwell of
Maynard. McSweeney succeeded
the late Sen. Albert pierce, stem-
lot took the seat of the late Rep.
Victor Rolander while Stockwell
was elected to succeed Postmaster
Prank C. Sheridan of Maynard.

The political divisions of the two
branches saw the Senate Republi-
can by 21 to 19 and the House
Republican by 125 to 115. Rep.
Martin Hays of Boston continues
to be Republican House floor lead-
er while Sen. Dowald W. Nicholson
of Wareham resumed his duties
as Republican floor leader of the
Senate, a poet he abandoned late
in 1935 after a disagreement over
policy with President Moran.

One of the important issues to
com;- before the current session
is the reapportionment of the
House, Senate and council dis-
tricts.

The legislators had filed less
than 400 petitions of various des-
cription when the House and Sen-
ate clerks closed their offices yes-
terday afternoon but the expira-

tion date for ruing measures is
Jan. 11 and observers anticipated
that the normal amount of busi-
ness will be placed before the legis-
lature by that time.
At present the number of pend-
ing petitions is more than 100 less
than the number on file at this
time last year.

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Augusta, Maine

JAM 193b

MM*

I Boston, Dec. 31.— UP) — Massachu ,
setts 149th legislature convenes to-
morrow for its second session to
confront a score of pressing prob-
lems. House and Senate will as-
semble in joint session to hear the
annual message of GovernorJanies,
MjJjttJej* anct bis recomrneWffflrmT
for legislative action. Pew commit-
tee appointments will be changed
from the lists standing at the pro-
rogation of the last session — long-
out in the state's history—and the
legislation may be expected to turn
immediately to the business in hand
without the necessity of organiza-
tion. Both Houses are constituted
politically much as they were last
year. The Senate remains with
21 Republicans and 10 Democrats
with a coalition of Democrats and
recalcitrant Republicans in control.
The one new senator is William H.
McSweeney (R) of Salem, elected
to fill the seat of the late Albert
Pierce, in a contest which Republi-
cans construed as indicating loss of
prestige and power by the gover-
nor.

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No. Attleboro, Mass.

■WNl 1936

GOV. CURLEY MAKES

SUGGESTIONS FOR

/ DISTRICT COURTS

In Message To Legislature Urges Law

Forbidding Judges To Practice

In Own Courts.

Governor James M. Curley in his
inaugural message today made the
following recommendations regard-
ing recommendations regarding Dis-
trict Court reform:

"In my inaugural message I point-
ed out the necessity of making sub-
stantial changes in the organization
of the district court so as to enable
them to bear a substantial burden
of the civil litigation which is now
congesting the dockets of the Su-
perior Court, and at the same time
to abolish the custom now prevailing
in those courts which permits an
associate or special justice of a dis-
trict court to appear as counsel in
district courts before other jus-
tices.

"Due to the fact that more people
come Into contact with the district
courts than any other courts of the
Commonwealth, and obtain their
views of the administration of jus-
tice from their experience in these
courts, it is of primary importance
that they should function efficiently
and be so administered as to avoid
the slightest suspicion that a litigant
must employ a justice of the court
as his attorney to assure the winning
of his case. As the jurisdiction of
these courts has been increased, so
that in civil cases they now have con-
current jurisdiction with the Su-
perior Court, it becomes increasingly
important that they be so organized
M to handle this increased business
with efficiency and free from the
abuse described.

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-y supreme Judicial Court has

,from appealing f

I ».l cases In any of -

I the Commonwealth. m» ■*
^ S. ,,,ommen ^.on jh^
made repeatedly during H a U»t «"
I si( ,n of the Legislature. 1 now UP
1 » the restriction a step

you to carrj the rest
iarther and proWMt prae ' > *

| ^rict court judges in ^eaw.^

. , ;:,:. i ,;;r •!::!- -ouia,.

1 ' ! „ -Htma ful time

i riven the option of sitting iuu

ST- «?S£i~

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'"' .,.,„ ,„i™. "I rriminera-

'" a """' „,,...- rtdl*-.

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Unwiudgaa. „„„„,„„■

-purauanl to Om bum

,nl '" ,iral m, ' S ; I/ , v authority «f

rirula-^UdrthadtatHei

„. r y .,m and other matters £

• ir,„its the assignment of
• •Hurts in cireuiis, in>
Sciani nnniher of dUtrtct £J*
, MtlcM to full-time work to enable

,„ nandla, without calling on

,,,;,! ju>.U' t ,, the eivil work W h.oh
K court, perform, and the adop-
S on the civil side of the courts o
ln „ provision now in force on the
criminal side, permitting the d .-
position of litigation pending in tha
Superior Court by district court jus-
tices assigned for that purpose and
other matters-and Us recommenda-
i tions should be seriously considered
in conjunction with these sugges-
tions."

TRANSCRIPT
North Adams, Mass.

JAN 1 193b

Governor Curley
Names Problems

Relief of ieaTn^T^ayen. and

Increases in Capacity of State In-
stitutions First on List.
LEGISLATURE HEARS MESSAGE

n, Jan

1— (AP'— The M

Cry\diu^.<-

„ ul General court. ^""^J^, 8 *
V second .-—ion to hear Gover-
nor James M. Curley report on hta
s"waS%«ddeUUandpr«
lor the commonwealth i social, eco
noun. ,uul legi ■ '■•' nei

T he goverooi told a joint .-■
0I V,. House and Senate the

■

ofthe re. Uurpayan

crea^ tothe capacity otautetajtt-

n ,,,ther inbor law reforms.

1 u d hat many perennial, the mount-

: w ,,i Ol compulsory automobile 11-

; abilitv nwirance. „„ VP r.

He racommended lagWaUon cover-

,„„ . heM . ana « multttud. of \c,MJ

prob™toanaa»amb^ewfc««d^

liberation, and a< I *••*

etobeadennltelactorlntha

ShI national etoctiona, and to
,., the political complexion o
husetts ami the procedure of

overnmanl roi years .oiome.
tt total this aai

,ive. councilor and ~»f«-*«J
district, must be redrawn, and in
winch a- bitter fight will be waged
oi proposals to establish the General .
Court as a unicameral legislature 1
holding onlv biennial sessions.

These latter reforms were recom-
mended today bv the governor In h»,
... winch as well a. delineat-
Sg legislation he desired, re;
the accomplishments of his adminis-
tration in the last legislative session,
the longest in the states "story.
The governor recommended legis-

la S5gulatlnt installment selling
through uniform sales contract, and

standardization of methods of com-
puting interest rates

wsstt-isauasaa

' grant s.

PeTmTtlTng judges of the U
ph^anTunder pato * «***

ffiSto. --a

Sff^KS 5

capltol, succeeding quarter, no*
^Stotatog the metropolitan plan-

the (unctions of the siaie y
board created . . k . '

Extending provisions ol toe*"

•Ssaft-sr-r.rs
r ■ S

New England co-operativei* i

•ttBTSSiSSSi.

I public schools.

Turns to Institutions

Governor Curley devoted a major j
share o. his message to the prob- ;
lc ms of caring for meiiUll> dU*aseu
„e, sons, which, he adjured the leg
siVture demanded serious consid-
, erauon coupled with courageous ac-
i tion. '

. Reporting that into the state's 13
institutions for the mentally ill, or-
dinarily accommodating 17,671 'pa-
tients, were crowded 21,023 persons,
Curley seconded departmental rec-
ommendations that the 13 units
should be enlarged to accommodate
2,000 patients each, or a total of 24 -
000.

He depicted equally serious condi-
tions of overcrowding in living quar-
ters of institutional employes, and
In the three state correctional
schools, and urged the legislature to

I provide the necessary facilities with-

1 out delay.

| The governor caustically criticized'

; he legislators for their handling of

bhmtly° blem laSt year ' assertin B
"The duplicity practiced in 1935
through the authorization for the
establishmentof a hospital for the
criminally insane at a cost of $1,750,-
000 without making provision for the
money savors of a low order of knav-
ery without precedent in the history
ot the commonwealth."

A similar situation decried by the
chief executive was the legislatures
iailure to equip at a cost of $12 000
a state school at Wrentham for re-
search in the problem of the men-
tally defective, which has been
built but now stands empty.

The vexatious compulsorv insur-
ance problem, the governor assert-
ed required '•immediate and drastic
action.' He suggested the increased
registry personnel and more strin-
gent regulations would reduce num-
ber of false claims, and if such a
; procedure did not, he said he could
| see no alternative other than a re-
peal of the compulsory insurance
law. "

The goverfio. also asked the leg-
islators to consider a proposal to
place speed regulators set at 30
miles an hour on cars of motor ve-
hicle law violators as a condition of
continued license.

On the general question of relief
to realty tax payers, the governor
while noting its importance, suggest-
ed no specific remedies other than
legislation affecting the "state tax"
on cities and towns assessed by the
I commonwealth.

Urges Specific Taxes
As alternatives, sources of reve-
nue, however, he recommended a
j number of specific taxes.
! These were continuation of the
| 10 per cent surtax on individuals
estates and corporations, doubling of
j the fees for the operation of motor
I trucks, an excise of 40 cents a gal-
lon on alcohol; and an increase to
five per cent of the three and a half
per cent share the state now re-
ceives from dog racing, and a tax of
two cents a package on cigarettes.

Economy the governor dismissed
with the statement that recommen-
dations of department heads so far
on this point were "scarcely worth
considering," he expressed the hope
the tax program he suggested would
prove a material factor in lowering
me tax rate on the cities and towns "
He urged the legislature, however
w appoint a committee of six leg-
slators, to co-operate with a com-
and LV \° "Panting business
an ,, a f State intel '«ts, "to study
wh ehT! , Up ? n a P r0 « rwn th ™>gh
S»H L . t,ducUon to the cast of eq-
uating the activities of the state
may be possible." le

Saltonstall Offers Flan

Boston, Jan. 1-(A.P.)-Solution
oi the unemployment problem by
encouraging private industry, rath-
er than by a constantly enlarging
public works program, was urged
today by Leverett Saltonstall,
speaker of the Massachusetts House
"Unemployment is still our major
problem," Saltonstall said at the
opening of the second session of the
149th general court.

The speaker said Massachusetts
needed only such new laws in 1936
as would accelerate and not retard
the "growing confidence that bet-
ter times for all are ahead "

He urged that this session of the
legislature be short.

"Our first session, last year, was
the longest in the history of the
state," he said, "to encourage in-
dustry and to increase the confi-
dence of our people in their govern-
ment, we should do our best to make
this session the shortest "

He urged an acceptance of com-
m t c te " eports b - v ^e legislators, un-
less there is a decided difference of
opinion in the committee itself "He
asked that there be no length v de-
bate on small details. He sought en

^"imi?" ° f the soIons « eli 8 mi„ ?-
mg unnecessary roll calls.

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Bangor, Me.

JAN 1 1936

Curley lakes
Back Water On
Goodwin Threat

Boston, Jan. l-(AP)- Governor
James M. Curley, who only last week
gave his fiery registrar of motor ve-
hicles, Frank A. Goodwin, a choice of
retiring from labor activities or from
his state post, found nothing incom-
patible witli letting Goodwin con-
tinue both today. '

As a result of week-old contro-
versy ended and Goodwin was re-
lieved of the threatened loss of his
registry post and ran continue as
an unpaid adviser of the Brockton
Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied
Craftsmen. Representatives of a
Haverhill shoe workers union pro- i
tested to the Governor last week
about Goodwin's entrance into a
shoe workers controversy.

The Governor said yesterday he be-
lieved Goodwin was justified in con-
tinuing his labor efforts and that the
question of ethics rould well be
waived "in view of the results that
have been achieved in the preserva-
tion of an important basic Masso-
; chusets industry."

j During the two and one half vcars
| Goodwin has been interested in the
operation of an organization of
workers In the Brockton district the
Governor said, "there has heen peaco
in the industry, il, men have found
steady employment with conditions
satisfactory both as to wages and
■ emulations and a real spirit of co-
operation between emplover and em- I
Ploye has been developed "
Governor Curley said the condi- I

rast to conditions in the industry
In other sections of the common-
H e e at l n0 , tab,yLyn "'- lnd Haver".]"'
disrupting efforts which

mle-hi ,""»«'""£ euons when
might bring good results In other
shoe centers similar to what has teen
accomplished In Br o c , iton "" been

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Bangor, Me.

JAN1 1936

Times
Hartford, Ct.

JA' • l»3b

CURLEY URGES

CUT IN BURDEN
/ ON TAXPAYERS

claims. IT such s procedure did not,
he said, he could "see no alternative
other than a repeal of the compulsory
Insurance law."

The governor also asked the legis-
lators to consider a proposal to place
speed regulators set at 30 miles an
, hour or. cars of motor vehicle law vio-
- as a condition of continued
license.

C URLEY CHANGES

~TTT3 "TUNE" IN
GOODWINS CASE

)

BOSTON. Dec. 31— (API— Gover-
nor James M. Curley, who only last
week gave his fiery registrar of mo-
tor vehicles, Frank A. Goodwin, a
choice of retiring from labor activi-
ties or from his state past, found
nothing incompatible with letting
Goodwin continue both tonight.

B result of week-old contro-
ended and Goodwin was re-
lieved of the threatened lass of his
registry post and can continue a-s
an unpaid adviser of the Brockton
Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied
men. Representatives of a
bill shoe workers union pro-
: to the Governor last week
aboi't Goodwin's entrance into a
shoe workers controversy.

The Governor said today he be-
[ieved Goodwin was justified in con-
tinuing his labor efforts and that
the question of ethics could well be
waived "In view of (lie results that .
have been achieved In the preserva-
tion of an Important basic Massa-
chusetts industry."

During the two and one half years
Goodwin has been interested in the •
operation of an organization ot
workers in the Brockton district, the
Governor said, "there has been
peace la the Industry, the men have
found steady employment with con-
ditions satisfactory both as to wages
and regulations and a real spirit of
cooperation between employer and
employe has been developed. '

Governor Curley said the condi-
tions obtained are in "striking con-
trast to conditions in the industry
in other sections of the common-
wealth, notably Lynn and Haver-
hill." He said he could see no
justification for disrupting efforts
Which might bring good results In
other shoe centers similar to what
has been accomplished in Brockton.

Recommends Drastic Ac-
tion to Reduce Cost
Of Auto Insurance

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Boston (nD The Uasaecmisetti
tarn, the 149th general court.;
convened today for its second session!
to hoar Governor James M. Curley
Kport on W« stewardship and detail
and prescribe for the commonwealth's
■octal, economic and legislative needs, j
The governor told a joint tession j
of the house and senate the state's J
most pressing problems were relief of
the real estate taxpayers: increases in
the canncity of state institutions: fur- j
tl«T labor law reforms: and the
mo'.intine cost of compulsory automo-
bile liability insurance.

Bitter Fight Brewing
He recommended legislation covering
thtM and a multitude of lesser prob-
lems.

It is In this session that a bitter
fight will be was>cd on proposal* to
establish the c r : " as a uni-

cameral legislature, holding only bien-
nial sessions.

The governor recommended legis-
lation:
,! Regulating installment selling
; through uniform sales contracts and
standardization of methods of com-
puting Interest rates.
Instituting a sliding scale of utility
,, rate-making.

Requiring registration of all physi-
cians under pain of criminal punish-
ment.

Wants Addition to Capitol
Appropriating one million dollars
for construction of an addition to the
state eapltol.

Raising the school-leaving age from
14 to 16.

Authorizing abandonment of
Chsrlestown State Prison except as a
receiving station for prisoners, and
construction of quarters for felons at
Norfolk Prison Colony.

Reducing mortgage interest rates
from the prevailing 5'
Promoting economic
public schools.

Insurance I»sue
The vexatious compulsory insurance
problem, the governor asserted, re-
quired "immediate and drastic action."
He suggested increased registry per-
sonnel and more stringent regulations
would reduce the number of false

Courant
! fart ford, Ct.

JANl i9 36

Curley Lets
Goodwin Stay
In Both Jobs

Withdraws Demand He
Stop Labor Activity or
Resign as Motor \ ehi-
cles Registrar

i perosttt

education

Stressed

Boston. Dec. 31 -'AP'- Frank A
Goodwin will continue to be Mas-
Ib M of Motor ve-
hicles and furthermore will con-
tinue as an advl'er of BW Brock-
ton Brotherhood of Shoe and Al-
lied Craftsmen

Governor James M Cwleytodsy ,
withdrew a demand that Goodwm .
retire either from labor scuvity or
lus state office, and voiced his ap-
proval of both activities
P A protest from the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union of Haverhill
had resulted in the Governor $ ulti-
matum to the fiery registrar

Rcristrar Criticiied Union. j
Goodwin, an unpaid adviser oft
the Brockton brotherhood, recent >
advised shoe workers in Haverhill
to form an organization win Uai .to
the Brockton union. He exit cized
the Boot and Shoe Workers Union
which recently signed ™n' rac ^

with Haverhill B"» uf "£ n 22*J3

not truly representing the • »orMrs
interests The Boot and Shoe Un-

. ion ruaaited his prances as un-
ethical' in view of his public office.
Goodwin, noted for his fter>
statements, pubhely responded to
the Governors ultimatum by tsayins:
be valued no .lob so highly that he
would allow it to interfere with his I
rights of free speech and action.

Governor Curley said today, oil
Goodwin's activities, "after malung|
! a thorough investigation of his ac-
tivities in the field of shoe manu-
' lecturing 1 am convinced tnay

"'i there is justification for the posl 1

4 tion he has taken"

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Lawrence, Mass.

JANl , 336

MANY PROBLEMS CONFRONT
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE

House and Senate Will Assemble in Joint

Session Today to Hear Gov. Curley's

Annual Message

BOSTON, Dec. 31. (IP, - Massa"-

chusetts 140th legislature convents

: tomorrow for its second session to

I confront a score of pressing probi-
lems.

House and senate will asscmbli
in joint session to hear the annual
[ message of Gov. James M. Curlcy
I and his recommendations for legis-
lative action. j

Few committee oppointments will
be changed from the lists standing
at the prorogation of the last ses-
sion—longest in the state's history
—and the legislation may be ex-
pected to turn immediately to the
business in hand without the neces-
sity of organization.

Both houses are constituted po-
litically much as they were last,
year. The senate remains with 21
Republicans and 19 Democrats, with
a coalition of Democrats and re-
calcitrant Republicans in control.
The one new senator is William
H. McSweency (R) of Salem, ciected
to fill the seat of the late Albert
Pierce, in a contest which Repub-
licans construed as indicating loss
of prestige and power by the gov-
ernor.

There are two new representa-
tives, Axel U. Sternlof of Worces-
ter, and William Stockwell, of May-
nard, both Republicans, who suc-
ceed to seats vacated by death or
tesignation.

The legislature has before it this
year the problem of realigning the
congressional, legislative and coun-
cillor districts, which will deter-
mine the political complexion of
the state for a decade or more. It
likely will he a difficult problem,
of high explosive character politi-
cally.

Taxation, biennial sessions and
compulsory automobile insurance
laws are certain to be subjects of
bitter debate and to occupy the leg-
islatures for a considerable period.

The controversial Teachers' Oath
act, which caused such pyrotech
nical debate last year, also is cer-
t tain to come up again, in view of
announced plans of various edu-
cators to lead fights for repeal ot
the law.

Nearly all of the activities of the
legislators will be colored some-
what in all likelihood, by the ap-
proaching state and national elec-
• : ons.

A last minute flood of bills was
filed today, bringing to 375 the
number of petitions so far sub-
mitted, somewhat fewer than usual.
They will be assigned to committees
for study and report.

Among bills filed late in the day
was one which would prevent gas
and electric companies from col-
lecting more than five percent of
the amount of an overdue bill as a
penalty. Rep. Elmer C. Nelson of
Milford was the sponsor.

A flat rate for compulsory auto-
mobile insurance was asked in a
bill filed by Rep. Timothy J. Mur-
phy of Boston.

Rep. John Philip White of Bos-
ton filed a petilion for reinstate-
ment in the classified civil service
of state officers and employes who
have been dropped through suspen-
sion, discharge or for any other
cause except inability to work be-
cause of sickness. The measure
would permit reinstatement of for-
mer Boston policemen who partici-
pated in the strike of 1919.

Senator Charles A. P. McAree of
Haverhill offered a bill to make the
emergency state milk control board
a permanent state body. The board
is scheduled to cease in June and
McAree's measure would place it
in the stale department of agricul-
ture, with appointments to be made
by the commissioner of agriculture
instead of the governor.

The Automobile Legal association
Hied a bill under which guest
riders could recover damages only
when gross negligence on tne part
of the driver could be proved. Pro-
test against tripling the flat rale
for guest coverage was coincident-
ally registered by Senator McAree
with the commissioner of insur-
ance, Francis J. De Cclles.

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BOSTON MASS.

EAGLE
Lawrence, Mass.

JANl (gag

GOV, CURLEy SEES
PROSPERITY IN 1936

I BOSTON, Dec. 31 (IP) -Optimism
j bubbled tonight from Gov. James
! M. Curley's New Year's greeting to
j the people of Massachuselts.

"The year 1936," he said, "gives
promise of opening in a more invit-
ing manner than any year that Am-
erica has known for the past six
years. Not only the sunshine of
heaven but the sunshine of pros-
perity appears to penetrate every
portion of our country.

"The task that lies immediately
ahead in the development, of an
economic and humanitarian pro-
gram will unquestionable tax the
talcnl and ingenuity of the Ameri-
can people but, animated by faith
in God, in themselves and in our
common country, we will succeed
in solving our problems.

"We can, without fear, enter in-
to the New Year firm in the belief
that the blessings in store for I he
people of America will be more
abundant than has ever previously
been the lot of the American peo-
ple."

;

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BOSTON mass.

EAGLE
Lawrence, Mass.

JAA/ i 1935

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JKH>CO-0-aCKH>CnKH>C u CKKKKKKK

SUN
Lewiston Me.

1936

MERRIMACK PROJECT TO
BE POSHED BY GO! CURLEY

Governor Says He Will S»«L a • .

to C™Jp j ,A A PP™pnation»

. to Commit Federal Government to That
and Other N. E. Development,

MASS/LEGISLATURE
IN SESSION TODAY

Govern or Curj py to Make

Re c 8BI TTTCTTS a to on s at

Joint Session

Hlghlj PoHtio*] Issue!. Con-
front loiong; Oompohory In- I
nraaea Again to Be Debated ,

BOSTON, fe e ;, p . A
atloni for development of the rvJ
wcticut, Blackstone and Merrimack
rivers will h, WUgh , ,„ Wai JgJ
ton by Governor James M. Curlev
when he visit. fhe capital to „>
tend the Jackson Day dinner he
announced tonight
"These projects an by no means
Mid the iweraor. »] want
W eel some appropriations as a
commitment on the federal eovern.
m-nts part. A million dollars on
each river project would serve to
" t the Improvements "
'•--mor curley said that while
in Washington he would also dis.

L?USS the development of a national
mi. Mil ramp at Bourne, on Cane
Cod.

The governor released a slate-
ment from William F. Callahan. ! !
commissioner of public works, In-
dicating the state would lake im-
mediate steps to carry through the
program for a new 40-foot ship
channel for Boston harhor, for
which $1,000,000 was alloted from
works progress administration
funds.

Callahan said the slate also was
in a position to p ro ofed with
dredging of the channel at the Fore
River bridge. Qulncy, as soon as it
was advisable for
start.

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«"»OOOeH><M>0000«COOOOOOOOO«

SUN
Lewiston Me.

JAN

PAROLE BOARD SHAKEUP

RESTS WITH MASS, COUNCIL

DRASTIC ACTION. CURLEY i

/AYS. IF COUNCIL FET TL s " '
SAME AS HE DOES

II P R« moval of

the pro.-, tit pcraonni I ... u><
of Parole appear*, I t
to be squarely in the hand* of ,he
Executive Council.

Oov. J«mf» M Curley said tcdav
ir the executive hoard felt as he did
about the parole hoard "drastic a. -

IviT .. V"'.. '^ ,ak * n - Th * ;

noard has been accused by several
persons Including , tht

governor said, of responsibility for

SJS? 1 ! 11 ^! . hR * "»■**«« eeVereJ

penal l, lM |,„ti on , , n ■ busetts

rArent ly,

Jawe« 1 Brennan of tha B»

"',..'"'" ' ■* s " 1 »e would •
hoards removal because the ,„es-

an L?*™ . "" , ' a ' 1 ra "* ed "" r "'
iSESJ r "°»"'-"" h v their artriSry
■nllnpa on petitions for release "

I Manv prisoners, he added had
'»'".. kept confined after Sly h*d

te ( f*«»l«lB«« sentences a
Which time, under ordinarv pro-

savin "V T eliK,h!e f"r pa ,1.

fcajing he had received severaJ

communications shout the boa r !

the Governor said: "The gist of «l

hese letters has been" nYa* Vre

form 1 , nr ' n ,V ve f "r the men to eon?

and he'"' n ' le " and r "K"">:l«nt
and become model prison, is

r„i * man does ' conform to the
rujes x x x the board Just savs the ,

Tha? I* * ™ 1 '* f<,llo "-« fox-ana !
that he Is just trying to deceive It" j

U?th Legislature ec ■
row for Its second «*..,on to
>rn. * * C ° r * ° f pre,s ' n S Prob-

M »"d senate will assemble
m Joint session to hear the Annual
Tj-sage of Govem 0r Curl-v a"^

ommend,.to r , to u i: „ ativ ,

commute* ap P o,ntment
.»L^ ch * n «^ t»w» the list*
HUB session— lonce.-

expe°c7.7" nd '"' l *
expected to ton

sea to hsr-

esslty of orpiniH!

houses ar. constituted po-

■-?The mU . Ch " ' <"»

■'•■'•

■m . Republic, ^

new Sen , '

" , " fR > J.;,:

Represent.-
nsrd both R f ,

mi before H tkfc

"IS

i or7h.

.'hi L

explosive ,.„„,,_

ration Meaalal M

< I *°T "" ton

/.K.7 Uln to h? »»hj*cr. of
•Me and
■esruHatara for ■ , r ......

The con'

nice! le'V; C r U !* d ''"'' cTrotech-
nical dehat,. last year also is
tain t come up again In view of

" educa-
te lead fights for repeal of the |

Nea. i. all of tb« >■ Uvittea of the!
mil be colored some-'

- the id-'

snd National elec-

■ 'on «

A last minute flood of bills wai
nied today, hr. nr int to 375 the
number of petitions so far suhmit-
ted eamewhat fewer than usual.
The, wih be s.slgned to commit-
tee, ror study «nd repoii

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SUN
Lewiston Me.

JAN 1

193b

GOUURLEY ENDS
TIFF WITH GOODWIN

Reconciled to Goodwin

Continuing as Shoe

Union Adviser

Believes Question of Ethics Can

Be Waived in View of the

Results Obtained

Boston, Dec. 31— (/?)— Governor
Curley, who only last week gave
his fiery Registrar of Motor Ve-
hicles, Frank A. Goodwin, a choice
of retiring from labor activities or
from his State post, found nothing
incompatible with letting Goodwin
continue both tonight.

As a result or week-old contro-
versy ended and Goodwin was re-
lieved of the threatened loss of his
registry post and can continue as
an unpaid adviser of the Brockton
Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied
Craftsmen. Representatives of a
Haverhill shoe workers union pro-
tested to the Governor last week
about Goodwin's entrance into a
shoe workers controversy.

The Governor said today he be-
lieved Goodwin was justified in con-
tinuing his labor efforts and that
the question of ethics could well he
waived "in view of the results that
have been achieved in the preserva-
tion of an important basic Massa-
chusetts industry."

During the two and one half years
Goodwin has been interested in the
operation of an organization of
workers in the Brockton district,
the Governor said, "there has been
peace in the industry, the men have
found steady employment villi con-
dition! satisfactory both as to
wages and regulations and a real
spirit, of co-operation between em-
ployer and employe has been de-
veloped."

Governor Curley said the condi-
tions obtained in Brockton are in
"striking contrast to conditions in
the industry in other sections of the
Commonwealth, notably Lynn and
Haverhill." He said he could see no
justification for disrupting efforts
which might bring good results in
other shoe centers similar to what
has been accomplished in Brock-
ton."

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BOSTON MASS.

JOURNAL
Lewiston, Me.

J ANl 193b

xeitivrti, aim Utixn» AUUH U. JLfinglSy

CURLEY RECOMMENDS

LAWS TO LEGISLATURE

Real Estate Taxpayers Relief

And Labor Law Reforms

Among Issues

BOSTON, Jan. 1— (/P)— The Mas-
sachusetts legislature, the 149th
itreat and general court, convened
today for its second session to
jhear Governor James M. Curley
report on his stewardship and de-
tail and prescribe for the common-
wealth's social, economic and legis-
lative needs.

The Governor told a loint ses-
sion of the House and Senate the
State's most pressing problems
were relief of the real estate tax-
payers; increases in the capacity
of State institutions; further labor
law reforms, and that many peren-
nial, the mounting cost of compul-
sory automobile liability insurance

He recommended legislation cov-
ering these and a multitude of
lesser problems to an assemblage
whose, deliberations and actions
'his year promise to be a definite
factor in the State and National
elections, and in deciding the po-
litical complexion of Massachusetts
and the procedure of Slate govern-
ment for years to come.

H is in this session that the
legislative, councillor and congres-
sional districts must be redrawn,
and in which a bitter fight will be
waged on proposals to establish the
general court as a unicameral

.sessions'; 6 ' d ' nS °" ,y btom,W

These latter reforms were rec-
ommended today by the governor
in his message, which as well as
delineating legislation he desired
reviewed the accomplishments of
his administration In the laatlegis-
latiye session, the longest in " the
state s history.

iegTs h , e a,.ion: Vern ° r rec ° m ™nded

thrn S o^f inR insta »""'nt selling
thiu uniform sales contracts and
standardization of method, of
computing interest rates

Amending the S U ,,e housing «„-

own 5 " E* t0 "'"" il °"K» and

towns to appro,,, ■ f,,,,,, , ,_

witn treaeral grants.

Permitting judges of the su .
preme and superior civil andcrlm-
Inal courts to retire voluntarily on
lull pay at the ag a , )f ;0 ,y on

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BOSTON MASS.

COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 1 193b

GOODWIN PERMITTED
HIS LABORACTIVITIES

Curley Holds Registrar's

Work Justified by Saving of

Shoe Industry.

BOSTON, Dec. 31. (JP).— Governor
James M. Curley, who only last
week gave the fiery registrar of
motor vehicles, Frank A. Goodwin,
a choice of retiring from labor ac-
tivities or from his state post,
found nothing incompatible with let-
ting Goodwin continue both tonight.
As a result of week-old contro-
versy ended and Goodwin was re-
lieved of the threatened loss of
his registry post and can continue
as an unpaid adviser of the Brock-
ton Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied
Craftsmen. Representatives of a
Haverhill shoe workers union pro-
tested to the governor last week
about Goodwin's entrance into a
shoe workers' controversy.

The governor said today he be-
lieved Godwin was justified in con-
tinuing his labor efforts and that I
the question of ethics could well be
waived "in view of the results that
have been achieved in the preserva-
tion of an important basic Massa-
chusets industry."

During the two and one-half years
Goodwin has been interested in the
operation of an organization of
workers in the Brockton district,
the governor said, "there has been
peace in the industry, the men have
found steady employment with con-
ditions satisfactory both as to wages
and regulations and a real spirit
of co-operation between employer
and employee has been developed."
Governor Curlev said the con- i
ditions obtained in Brockton are |
In "striking contrast to condition"! i
in the industry in other sections of
the commonwealth, notably Lynn
and Haverhill." He said he could
see no justification for disrupting
efforts which might bring good re-
sults in other shoe centres similar
to wha thas been accomplished in
Brockton.

)

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BOSTON MASS.

COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN i ms

LEGISLATORS TO
CONVENE TODAY

wovernor Cortey Will iviiver' A UM mlnu,e "<** of wiis wm
Annual HnnnngO at J intJ""~'- t0da

to come up again, in view of an-
nounced plana of varloui educators
to^taad tights for repeal ,' )f at th r e 8

Nearly all of the activities of the
«■ wi» be colored some-
What to all likelihood, bv the ap-
proaching state and national elec-
tions.

..-ing
number of petitions so fa: sub
mjtted, somewhat fewer than usual.
I hey will be assigned to commit-
tees for study and report

Among bills filed late in the day
was one which would prevent gas
and electric companies from col-
lecting more than 5 per cent of the
amount of an overdue bill as a
Chusetts Mfith lurUbt,, " "*"■■- I'''' "lty. Representative Elmer C.
tomorrow ''Mslature convenes Nelson of Milford was the spon-

row for its second naafon to sor
''""trout a score of pressing prob- "V flat rate for complusorv auto-
lems. " , m ,', bno infuranrf ' was asked in a

Houss and Senate xn „ ., t mi " lp<1 u h - v Kepiesentative Timothy

■n joint , ,„ ! w*ll assemble J. Murphy of Boston

meSageofc ^^^"T" 1 ' sJF"? nUtlv " Ph,,i P While ° f
W „,,., 1,11 '"'" •' am,s M. Cur- Boston file,! a petition for rein-

Session -- Committee Ap
poinfanents to Remain Da-
changed - PoUtical Setup
like That of Last Year.

BOSTON, Dec. 31 (*,.. Massa .

foi

legislative action.

Few Committee Changes.

Few <,„,„„„ tee appointments
, wui be changed from the lists
I "tan,,,,^ a , th „ prorogation of he *£'
las Session longest in the state's The
""tory and the legislature may be
°*P«ted to turn Immediately 5 Z
the business in hand without the
necessity of organisation!
Both houses are .-.instituted po-

:';; al,> Tn ,n, "" h r ,hry ™* &

year. Ihe Senate remains with 21

with ; U:i '"-r t a,, " i l9 Democrat?

with a coalition of Democrats and

recalcitrant RepubUcan, in control
Ull"!lL new .^' m '"- «■ William H'

statement in the classified civil :
Bervlce Of state officers and era-
ployeas who have been dropped
through suspension, discharge or
for any other cause except in-
ability to work because of sickness.
Ihe measure would permit reln-
amant of former Boston police-]
men who participated la the strike

To Prolong Milk Board.

Senator Charles A 1\ McAree of
Haverhill offered a bill to make the
Emergency State Milk Control
ooara a permanent state bodv The
>>"ani is scheduled to cease in June
and McAree'a measure would place 1
<t in the State Department of Ag-
riculture, with appointments to be

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BOS TON MASS.

COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

Ml 1936

CURLEY OPTIMISTIC AS

NEW IfEAR 0PEN8

James M cuS?. £

n.e yeai 19311 , , ■•!"£;

P™ a more uivu

The task thai be, immcdistniv

ahead In th. ..,' g

gram will unquestionably tax the

tan people but. animated bv faith

"><'• hi them. ln :"

""» country, ar e will ^cceed 2
solving our pr0 bien i

''We .an. withoui fear, enter into
he new year Arm in the belie J
" "^ '" >'■ »ple

, , ,M ' N ' the

KM ol the Ajaerics u

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BOSTON MASS.

lifting the lid.

COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

Mf *l 1936

McSweeney (R.) of Salem elected V LU ,T e WU " *PI»tatmenta to g

to fill the seat of the late Aloert ■ ^ *? the °°0»nuaalonar of agri
«f». in a contest wWch rSS HKr l ns t tPKd (,f «» govarnor.

'cans construed as indicating loss , io „ h fll J ^ ul " n .V'""'' '" ««J Associa-
<>f prestige and power by thf go , l ' " filC<1 " bl " un<1er *»««ch guests
cr '""-- y C gW ' "' e,s ''ould recover damages only

-wo new representa- \Z ^S 8 J'°. 8a ne »%«">e on the part
Uvea, Axel V. Sternl of Worcester 2 f h6 finVer could be Proved. Pro-
oekwc.l of Mavnard' ■ £"} ***"* ,,ipiinp ^ e flat ^
for guest coverage was eoineident-
a y registered by Senator McAree

FrLnce h s% C ^ 1 e S , 8 ,e, ner °' lnS —

sVa

There are (wo

isr^ u « t ^"° r of w a?sss

boto RepubUcana who succeed to '
J^ata vacated by death or resigns- ,

•Mum Realign Districts.

rae legislature has befom it th,.
year the problem of rea gni, t !
oongresaiona] h-isht,,, -t K he
cillor distwn i« , ,u ' and conn-

nfelv „. „ \ dcca(ie or '"ore. it

bitter debat- »h , "' s,,,, J«ts of

islatm. > an<1 t0 occupy the leg-

Thp i a "o^dwable partook

wSaSn5§S

year, also is certain

Except that one still ft
iraui for the reputation of poor old
Massachusetts which used to be rep- j
rented m the United States Sen-
ate by such men as Harrison Gray j
UW* Charles Sumner, George
>nsb,e Hoar and Henry Cabot j
i i-odge, it would be highly amusing!
< were the campaign for Senator 1
Coolidgea seat to come down to
Junes Michael Curiey. advocate of
the Roos-eTBTTTocial security plan
against Moses H. Gulesian, "backed
oy the Townsend clubs. There i
would be. furthermore, very enter- 1
taming opportunities to twit some I
of our contemporaries who have I
thus far stood for Curiey were the ■
electorate to decide that it prefers
an American Armenian business
man who has fallen for Dr. Town-
•end's peculiar and fantastic Va-I
R-aries. It must be hoped, of course j
'hat a sensible and dignified candi- 1
!ate will appear who can nose out 1
Both these aspirants for a con- ;
spicuous national job.

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BOSTON _M ASS.

COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 1 193b

—

Catchall

"But, thank God! All did not] Mr. Paramino to do for Boston the
go quite nutty just because the! charter of our American freedom,
wheel of fortune did not show upl This now stands conspicuous where
with a winning: number. Many of often I pause before It. Besides
these people who took a business thinking of poor Page, who died
beating found themselves with fror « cancer of the stomach before
plenty of time left on their hands hl s important work of marking the
and so took up art in their leisure sites was complete, I think of my
moments since the crash. One won- la te classmate Harold Jefferson
ders if there were not quite a few Coolidge, once introduced into this
vacationing in the art colonies who column through publication of his
were shaking a mean 'Rubens' brush I interesting letter about his great-
at their canvases as nature smiled | great grandfather, Thomas Jeffer-
gently on them in their pursuit of son- That bas relief on the com-
becoming painters. Perspiration | mon is thus one for me to senu-
came to their foreheads while in- ; mentalize over.

SO MANY of our folk having "va-
cationed" on Cape Ann in the
good old summer time, and some ;
tew having enjoyed its relatively i
mild winters; I am glad to intro- j
duce for their special delectation i
my friend J. Eliot Ennekings
sprightly essay on "Motif No. 1, !
Rockport." This concerns a whari
studio at the old granite town,
where or near which, our General
B. F. Butler formerly had a resi-
dence. It likewise gives me a
chance to welcome anew to the col-
umn "Joe" Enneking, who is a born
columnist as well as a worthy art-
ist son of his artist-painter father,
the late John J. Enneking. I think
that when "Joe" was exhibiting at
the Whistler House some years ago
I may have quoted extracts from
his lively correspondence. Since
then, besides getting married and
painting many pictures, he has
written very many letters to edi-
tors. He is, indeed, a New Eng-
land's Charles Hooper of Idaho-
except that Joe is always amusing,
whereas Charles is always porten-
tously solemn. The one is an en-
tertainer where the other is a mor-
alist. But here I am, grabbing
space which should be reserved for
our exhibit A, from Rockport, Mass.
Says our J. Eliot Enneking;
+ **

"Since the depression there have
been many people who do not care
to sit down on the streamlined park
benches and tell their hard luck
stories to the other bench warmers,
just because they are out of work,
or else their stocks and bonds have
shrunk in value to the size of a
flannel shirt that has been careless-
ly washed by a nit wit in hot water.
It would seem that the New Deal,'
so-called, has not pulled prosperity
out of the quagmire while stubbing
its toe on a thousand and one
projects which, the people believe,
have placed the nation on the debit
side of the ledger, and at the pres-
ent moment it is still going rapidly
into the red. Our chief executive
(who wears the smile that won't rub
off) as he tries to masticate a thou-
sand and one projects placed on the /l
White House table, has little success
and the tax payers writhe in agony.
Will the Captain of the Ship of
I Stale ever bring the craft safely
| through this turbulent sea?
**•
"Just pause and think of the
deaths caused indirectly by the
'New Deal.' Many men of wealth
could not stand the gall, so they
crashed the gate of publicity in an
unbecoming manner by taking
'swan dives' from some of the
cities' best buildings. Hasn't this
country taken on an air of fear-
fulness during the present adminis-
tration ?

spiratlon oozed from their well load-
ed paint brushes.

***
"Motif No. 1 in Rockport is the
artists' one best bet, and this old
fish house which has been allowed to
mellow in the sun's rays has become
one of the seven best sellers and
may be seen at any well regulated
art gallery; for artists must have
one 'pot boiler' to serve their public
either in etching, water color, pen
and ink, pastel, or oil paint. This
subject has taken the art patrons'

• •*

I now learn for my rirst time
that the wording which Sculptor
Paramino followed faithfully Is
about 75 per cent Jefferson; the
other 25 per cent was taken out of
it or written into it by various in-
dividuals who wanted also to have a
hand in throwing off the yoke of
kings and potentates. This is I have
on the authority of Philadelphia's
"Girard," whose column delightful-
ly tells me day by day things that i
didn't know before. Of these he can

fancy by storm. They seem to be generally print an eyeful. The one

gluttons for this subject and our
marathon painters can bat out a
mean motif No. 1 in good running
time.

**•

"We have been told that a World
war veteran owns or leases Motif
No. 1 as a studio; and what a bully
studio it makes on the end of a
stone pier where fishing boats an-
chor at a small fee! If the artists
had dropped one dollar into the
hat every time this picturesque
shack had been painted, the owner,

this time is about the original Dea
laration of Independence, which,
just as young Th. Jefferson wrote
it, is sacredly guarded at the rooms
of the American Philosophical So-
ciety. It was given to that organ-
ization by Thomas Jefferson himself
when he was elected its president.
• •*

There is another and better known
Declaration of Independence, of
course. This is the one recited by
school boys — as in by remem-
brance it was once impressively read

no doubt, could retire and live hap- KJSf jlS MacBrayne at a high
pily ever after! We hope that the " h °°' f, iad " aUon l thls clt y- » »
wintry winds will not blow this i he Declara lon . .1 presume, which

worth while subject from its high
perch and that it will be intact for
the next crop of artists to take a
crack at next summer"

♦ **

Well, Joe, I am not sure but that
your "Motif No. 1" is the very
wharf studio in which relatives of

Mayor Curley insisted must be
copied entire for reproduction in
bronze, for placing on Boston com-
mon. The Boston copy, I feel quite
sure, follows the lines of the copy
now guarded at Washington, D. C,
as something even more precious, if
that is possible, than the one be-
longing to the American Philosophi-
cal Society of Philadelphia. The

mine nearly froze to death in the

100 per cent cold winter of 1933-34;

but even so it sheds a warm glow d ? CUm , ent ™ hl ?? .everybody thinks

in most of its painted apparitions. *• •* ""?£*& v ' »?»*™

_ appar.
Long stand, then. Motif No. 1

***

and authentic Declaration of Amer-
ican Independence, is the one which

ed
this

Turning from painting to scuId- Was formall y adopted a nd order,
ture I find myseU s pposing that Sf 08 ?* by „ the Congress a ^er Urn
former Mayor (now Governor) Cur- £° dy «* * e , n " emen from 13 colonies
ley's Declaration of Independence ™ e , i ed the paper P re P are d by

!»■«*. »• a "er an. 8FS5 ^ **» 1*. ™s

cent Thomas Jefferson. Not that
an incorrect and careless wording
is to be charged to my earnest sculp-
tor friend, John Paramino, who at

Mr. Curley's request and behest, ap
pended the entire Declaration as he
had cribbed it from a book to his
° as r « lie i Picture of the signing of
the historic document. That was
quite a job for a sculptor man who
conscientiously designs every letter
every comma, as carefully 'as if it
were a nose or an ear.
*•*

was left after editing is, so Girard
informs me, 75 per cent Jefferson.
***

I can fancy that Girard, as a
loyal Philadelphian well might, re-
gards the Jeffersonian first draft
as in some way superior to the ul-
timate document, to which John
Hancock et al. set their firm or
trembling hands. His language con-
cerning the regularly adopted prod-
uct might seem to express a feeling
that Congresses of then were about

as moronic as we all now know
As a patriotic lesson for all the . m to be ' He sav s rather con-
world that walks along the Common ^ m P tuoui »ly of the Declaration that
mall, and perhaps also as a rinp-intr '* known to the school histories:
warning to British tyrants, the then « was made aftcr Congress had
Mayor Curley several years aeo de- ? m ? hed butchering what Jefferson
manded a rendition of the Declara- 1 written and presented to Con-
tion In bold faced tvpe My latel * rea,B on Jul y 4. 1776."
and regretted friend, Walter Gilmanl r.< ***

Page, as chairman of the City oA «,, , d , adds regarding the draft
Boston commission on marking hisJ ^L 1 *,, 11 Phila delphia; "Jefferson
tone sites, thereupon commissioned 1 wrote uk e a lady— a beautiful clear

7Tn-t*-VWc« CL

hand, and as delicate as an engrav-
ing. Congress deleted about a
quarter of the Declaration as Jeffer-
son wrote it— Secretary Charles
Thomson drawing his official quill
through the rejected portions. Con-
gress also added a few sentences
of which Jefferson was not the au-
thor."

»**

Even after reading Qirard, I don't
know as much as 1 ought to know
about the contents of the original
draft for the revered Declaration:
but I at least am not as historically '
illiterate as are some confreres of
other sancta who persistently men-
tion Thomas Jefferson as if he had
something to do with writing the
"Constitution." He had no part in
that.

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COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 1 193b

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JAN i iy36

Herald
So. Manchester, Ct.

JAN 1 1936

D ■

PAROLE BOARD'S FATE
IN COUNCIL'S HANDS

Governor Sutrijests "Drastic
Action" Is Needed — Hren-

I nan for Removal.

BOSTON. Dec. 31 </P> Removal
of the present personnel of the
Board of Parole appeared tonigat

to be squarely in the hands of the
Executive Council.

Governor James M. Cm ley sal I
today if the executive board felt
as he (iifl about the Parole board
"drastic action" would t>e taken,

The Parole board has I i ace

bv ieveral persons, Including le
lators, the governor said, of respon-
sibility for unrest that has marked
several penal institutions in Mas- i
sachusetts recently.

James J. Brennan of the Execu-
tive Council said he would ask the
board's removal because the pres-
ent members had caused unrest
among prisoners "by their arbitrary
rulings" on petitions for release.

Many prisoners, he added, had
been kept confined after they hart
served their minimum sentences, at
which time, under ordinary procs-
dure, they are eligible for parole.
Saying he had received several
communications about the board
the governor said: "The gist of all
these letters has been that there la
no incentive for the men to con-
form to all rules and regulations
and become model prisoners.

"If a man does conform to the
rules . . . th& board just says the
man is a wise fellow— -a fox and
that he ia just trying to deceive
it."

CURLEY TO PRESS
/ RIVER PROJECTS GOVERNOR CURLEY

Gov»rn„r Hope, to Get Million DELIVERS MESSAGE

for Merrimaek River's
Improvement,

BOSTON. Dec. 31 (^ — Appro-
priations for development of the
Connecticut. Blackstone and Merri-
mack rivers will be sought in
Washington by Governor James M.
Curley when he visits the capital to
attend the Jackson day dinner, he
announced tonight.

"These projects are by no means
dead." said the governor. "I want
to get some appropriations as a
commitment on the federal govern-
ment's part A million dollars on
each river project would serve to
start the improvements."

Governor Curley said that while !
in Washington he would also dis-
cuss the development of a National
Guard camp at Bourne, on Cape
Cod.

The governor released a state-
ment from William F Callahan
commissioner of Public Works, la*
i dlcating the state would take Im-
mediate steps to cony though the
j program for a new 40-foot ship
'channel for Boston harbor, for
which $1,000,000 was allotted from
Works Progress Adminisn.ation
funds.

Callahan said the state also was
in a position to proceed with dredg-
ing of the channel at the Flore river
bridge, Quincy. as soon as it was
advisable for the work to start.

Tells Legislators Bay State's
Most Pressing Problem Is
Reduction of Taxes.

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ARGUS

Montpelier, Vt.

IAN I 193b

CTj gym BACKS DOWN

Boston, Jan. 1, (7P)— Frank A.
Goodwin will continue to be Massachu-
setts registrar of motor vehicles and
furthermore will continue as an ad-
viser of the Brockton Brotherhood of
Shoe and Allied Craftsmen. Governor
James M. Curley withdrew a demand
that Goodwin retire either from labor
activity or his state office, and voiced
his approval of both activities.

Boston. Jan. L— (API The Mas-
sachusetts Legislature, the 149th
Great and General Court, convened
today for its "second session to hear
Governor James M Curley report
on his stewardship and detail and
prescribe for the Commonwealth's
social, economic and legislative
needs.

The governor told a Joint session
of the House and Senate the state's
most pressing problems were re-
lief of the real estate taxpayers; in-
creases in the capacitv of state in-
stitutions; further labor law re-
forms, and that perennial, the
mounting cost of compulsory auto-
mobile liability insurance.

He recommenueo legislation cov-
ering these and a multitude of less-
er problems to an assemblage whose
deliberations and -ctions this year
promise to be a definite factor in
the state and national elections, and
in deciding the political complexion
of Massachusetts and the proceeds
of state government for years
come.

Expect Ritt<r Fights
It Is in this session that the leg-
islative, councillor and Congres-
sional districts must be redrawn,
and in which a M»tei fight will be
waged on proposals to establish the
General Court as a unicameral Leg-
islature holding only biennial aes- ,
sions. mm 2

These latter reforms were recom-
mended today by the governor in
his message, which as well as de-
I lineating legislation he desired, re-
viewed the acco-rmlishments of tns
administration in the l"t legislative
session, the longest in the state s

'Governor Curley devoted a major
share of his message to the prob-
lems of caring for mentally diseased
persons, which, he adjured the Leg-
islature demanded "serious consid-
eration coupled with courageous ac-
tion."

ARGUS
Montpelier, Vt.

JM i , ^

MASSACHUSETTS
LEGISLATURE IS
i IN SESSION

Gov. Curley Reports to Sec-

ontrSession of Current

General Court

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Journal
Meriden, Ct.

IAN 1 1936

Boston, Jan. 1, (JP)— The Massachu- 1
setts legislature, the 149th great and
general court, convened today for its
second session to hear Governor
James M. Curley report on his stew-
ardship and detail and prescribe for
the commonwealth's social, economic
and legislative needs.

The governor told a joint session of
the house and senate the state's most
pressing problems were relief of the
real estate taxpayers; increases in the
capacity of state institutions; further
labor law reforms, and that always
perennial, the mounting cost of com-
pulsory automobile liability insurance.

He recommended legislation cover-
ing these and a multitude of lesser
problems to an assemblage whose de-
liberations and actions this year pro-
mise to be a definite factor in the
state and national elections, and in de-
ciding the political complexion of
Massachusetts and the procedure of
state government for years to come.

It is in this session that the legis-
lative, councillor and congressional
districts must be redrawn, and in
which a bitter fight will be waged on
proposals to establish the general
court as a unicameral legislature
holding only biennial session?.

These latter reforms were recom-
mended today by the governor in his
message, which as well as delineating
legislation he desired, reviewed the ac-
complishments of his administration
in the last legislative session, the
longest in the state's history,
j The governor recommended legisla-
tion:

Regulating installment selling
through uniform sales contracts and
Standardization of methods of comput-|
ling interest rates.

Amending the state housing author-
ity act to permit cities and towns to
! appropriate funds for housing pro-
jects in collaboration with federal
I grants,
i Permitting judges of the supreme

and superior civil and criminal courts

to retire voluntarily on full pay at the

age of 70.

REAL ESTATE TAX
RELIEF URGED BY
GOV. J. M. CURLEY

Pressing Problems Put

Before Massachusetts

Legislature

Boston. Jan. 1. (AP)— The Massa-
chusetts legislature, the 149th great
and general court, convened today
for its second session to hear Gov.
James M. Curley report on his
stewardship and detail and presribe
for the commonwealth's social,
economic and legislative needs.

The governor told a joint session
of the House and Senate the state's
most pressing problems were relief
of the real estate taxpayers; in-
creases in the capacity of state In-
stitutions; further labor law reforms,
and that perennial, the mounting
cost of compulsory automobile lia-
bility insurance.

He recommended legislation cov-
ering these and a multitude of
lesser problems to an assemblage
whose deliberations and aotions this
year promise to be a definite fac-
tor in the state and national elec-
tions, and in deciding the political
complexion of Massachusetts and
the proceeds of state government
for years to come.

It is in this session that the leg-
islative, councillor and congression-
al districts must be redrawn, and
in which a bitter fight will be
waged on proposals to establish
the general court as a unicameral
legislature holding only biennial
sessions.

These latter reforms were recom-
mended today by the governor In
his message, which as well as de-
lineating legislation he desired, re-
viewed the accomplishments of his
administration in the last legisla-
tive session, the longest in the
state's history.

Governor Curley devoted a major
share of his message to the prob-
lems of caring for mentally dis-
eased persons, which, he adjured
the legislature, demanded "serious
consideration coupled with cour-
ageous action."

JAN 1 1936

CURLEY ASKS
TOTEVISION
IN BAY STATE

Governor Points to Need

of Relief for Real Estate

Owners — Legislature

Convenes

Boston, Jan. 1.— </P>— The Massa-
chusetts Legislature, the 149th great
and general court, convened today
for its second session to hear Gover-
nor James M. Curley report on his
stewardship and detail and prescribe
for the commonwealth's social, eco-
nomic and legislative needs.

The Governor told a joint session
of the House and Senate the state's
most pressing problems were relief of
the real estate taxpayers; increases
in the capacity of state institutions;
further labor law reforms, and that
perennial, the mounting cost of com-
pulsory automobile liability insur-
ance.

He recommended legislation cover-
ing these and a multitude of lesser
problems to an assemblage whose de-
liberations and actions this year
promise to be a definite factor In the
state and national elections, and in
deciding the political complexion of
Massachusetts and the procedure of
state governments for years to come.

It is in this session that the legis-
lative, councilor and congressional
districts must be redrawn, and in
which a bitter fight will be waged
on proposals to establish the general
court as a unicameral legislature
holding only biennial sessions.
Reforms Recommended

These latter reforms were recom-
mended today by the governor in his
message, which as well as delineating
legislation he desired, reviewed the
accomplishments of his administra-
tion in the last legislative session, the
longest in the State's history.

The governor recommended legis-
lation:

Regulating Installment selling
through uniform sales contracts and
standardization of methods of comp-
uting interest rates.

Amending the State Housing Au-
thority Act to permit cities and towns
to appropriate funds for housing pro-
jects in collaboration with Federal
grants

Permitting judges of the supreme
and sunerior civil and criminal courts
to retire voluntarily on full pay at
the age of 70.

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Instituting a sliding scale of utility
rate-making.

Requiring the registration of all
physicians under pain of criminal
punishment.

Authorizing demolition of present
Rutland (Tuberculosis) Sanitorium
buildings and construction of new
quarters.

Appropriating $1,000,000 for con-
struction of an addition to the state
apitol, succeeding quarters now rent-
ed

Abolishing the metropolitaan plan-
ing division, to avoid duplication of
the State planning board created last
year.

Extending provisions of the worker's
compensation acts to nurse.

Reorganizing the department of
labor and Industrie* to include ad-
ministration of the industrial acci-
dent board.

Raising the shool-leaving age from
14 to 16.

Prohibiting district court justices
to practice in civil cases in their own
courts, and establishing the district
courts on a circuit basis,
the Charlestown State prison except
Authorizing the abandonment of
as a receiving station for prisoners,
and the construction of quarters for
felons at the Norfolk Prison Colony.
Appropriating another $100,000 to
advertise recreational advantages of
New England roloperatively With
other States of the area.

Reducing mortgage interest rates
from the prevailing 5H per cent.

Promoting economic education In
public schools.

Governor Curley devoted a major
share of his message to the problems
of caring for mentally diseased per-
sons. Which, he adjured the Legisla-
ture, demanded 'serious consideration
coupled with courageous action."

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New Bedford, Mass.

JAN 1 1936

Scores of Problems Await
Legislature, Opening Today

Realigning of Represent-
ative Districts Holds
Fireworks

BOSTON, nee. 11 iAI'i -Massa-
chusetts UPOl Legislature con-
venes tomorrow for Ma second .-•

sion tn confront a score of press-
ing problems.

HOUSS and Senate will assemble
lot session to hear the mi-
nimi message () f Governor James
It Qurie}> and his reoommenda-

roi Legislative action.

Pew committee appointments will
he changed from the lists stand-
in;; at the prorogation of the Inst
session longest in the state's his-

tory and the Legislation may be

expected to turn immediately to
the business it- hand without the
necessity of organtsatloi

Both Houses ate constil
politically much as they were last
year. Wis Senate remains with LM
Republicans and 19 Democrats,
with a coalition of Democrats and
recalcitrant Republicans in con-
trol. The one new Senator Is Wil-
liam 11 MrSuaenev (R) of Salem.
elected to fill the seat of the late
Albert Pence, in s contest which

Republicans construed ns Indicat-
ing loss of prestige and power by
the Governor.

There are two new representa-
tives. Axel V, Sternlof of Worces-
ter, and William Stockwell of May-
Dard, both Republicans, who suc-
ceed to seats vacated by death or
i eslgnatlon.

The Legislators has before It

this year the problem of realigning

the congressional, legislative and
councillor districts, which will de-
termine tlie political complexion
of the State for a decade or more.
It likely will he a difficult prob-
lem. of high explosive character
politically.

Taxation, biennial sessionr and
compulsory automobile insurance
laws are certain to be subjects of
hitter debate and to occupy the
tatotv for a considerable
pei lod.

The controversial teachers' oath
act, which caused such pyroterhni-
Cal debate las! year, also is certain
to come up again, in view of an-
nounced plans of various educators
♦n lend fights for repeal of the law.

Nearly all of the activities of
the legislators will he colored
somewhat in all likelihood, by the
approaching state and national
elections.

A last minute flood of bills was
filed today, bringing to 375 the
number of petitions so far sub-

hat fewer than us-
ual. They will be assigned to com-
■ tudy and report
Among bills filed late in the dav
i woi.ld prevent gas
and electric companies from col-
Sve percent of
the amount of an overdue bill as
'.'.mcr C. Nelson
Of Milford was the spot

A flat rate for compulsory auto-
mobile insurance was asked in a
bill fiied hv Rep. Timothy J. Mur-
phv of Boston.

John Philip White of Bos-
ton filed a petition for reinstate-
In the el vil Service

ta officers snd employes who
have heen dropped through suspen-
sion, discharge or for any other
except inability to work be-
cause of The meisure

w-ould permit • ,e n t of for-

mer Boston policemen w^o partici-
pated in the strike of 1919.

itor Charles A. P. MeAree of
Haverhill offered a bill to make the
emergency State Milk Control
I a permanent state body. The
board is scheduled to cease in
June and McArec's measure would
place it in the State Department of
Agriculture, with appointments to;
be made by the Commisisoner of.
Agriculture Instead of the gover-
nor.

The Automobile Legal Associa-
tion filed a bill under which guest
riders could recover damages only
when gross negligence on the part.
of the driver could he proved. Pro-
teal against tripling the Bat rata
■for guest coverage eras coinciden-
tally registered I ir UcAree

with the Commissioner of Insur-
ance, Francis J. P

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New Bedford, Mass.

JAN 1 t936

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TIMES
Pawtucket, R. I.

1AM 1 1936

CURLEY TO LET

GOODWIN STAY

Governor Now Praises)

Registrar for Labor

Activity

BOSTON, Dec. 31 (AP)— Gov-
ernor James M. Curley, who only-
last week gave his fiery registrar
of motor vehicles, Frank A. Good-
win, a choice of retiring from lahor
activities or from his state post,
found nothing incompatible with
letting Goodwin continue both to-
night .

As a result, a week-old contro-
versy ended and Goodwin was re-
lieved of the threatened loss of
his registry post and can continue
as an unpaid adviser of the Brock-
ton Brotherhood of shoe and al-
lied craftsmen. Representatives of
a Haverhill shoe workers union
protested to the governor last
week about Goodwin's entrance in-

j to a shoe workers controversy.
The governor said today he be-

' lieved Goodwin was justified in
continuing his labor efforts and

I that the question of ethics could

| well be waived "in view of the re-
sults that have been achieved in
the preservation of an important
basic Massachusetts industry,"

During the two and one half
years Goodwin has been interested
in the operation of an organiza-
tion of workers in the Brockton
district, the governor said, "there
has been peace in the industry,
the men have found steady em-
ployment with conditions satisfac-
tory both as to wages and regula-
tions and a real spirit of co-opera-
tion between employer and em-
ploye has been developed."

Governor Curley said the condi-
tions obtained in Brockton are in
"striking contrast to conditions in
the industry in other sections of
the Commonwealth, notably Lynn
and Haverhill." He said he could
see no justification for disrupting
efforts which might bring good
results in other shoe centers
similar to what has been accom-
plished in Brockton.

flow New England Celebrated

(By the Associated Press.)

Restraint went out with the old
year and Boston welcomed 1936
with its most hilarious celebration
since the boom days of 1929.

Police estimated 500,000 jammed
Boston's streets. Hotel men said
reservations ran 25 per cent, high-
er than last year. Every one
seemed to have an unending sup-
ply of money and apparently was
bent on spending it.

Even the panhandlers held oul
a dime or a quarter from then
"coffee money" to buy a tin horn
or a hat. Unkempt, seedily dressed,
homeless wanderers rubbed shoul-
ders, shouted noisily and capered
in the streets alongside top-hatted,
evening clothed youths.

There was a bit of tragedy, too
A high school youth was killed ir
Newton, near Boston, as the auto
mobile of a gay young part;
crashed into a tree. In Hartford
Conn., three persons were killer
in a trio of automobile accident

as the old year went out.

The top price for New Year's
dinner and the fixings in Boston
was $20 and there was a waiting
list for reservations. A majority
of the hotels and night clubs
ranged their prices from $3.50 to $6.

One of the swankiest of Boston's
downtown hotels hired a troupe of
wrestlers as bouncers — just in case
the college boys got rough. They '
lounged around in their tuxedoes
with nothing to keep them busy.

Bernard Turin of the Roxbury
district of Boston started the New
Year badly. His 1936 automobile
registration plates lay in the back
of his machine. While in a South
End store they were stolen.

The Budlong Post, G. A. R„ of
Westerly, R. I., passed from exist-
ence with the last day of the old
year with the death of Horace G.
Barber, its last surviving member.

Optimism bubbled from Governor
James M. Curley's New Year's
greeting to +rte" people of Massa-
chusetts.

"The year of 1936," he said,
"gives promise of opening in a
more inviting manner than any
year America has known for the
past six years."

Jack Sharkey, former heavy-
weight boxing champion, and Mrs.
Sharkey, celebrated at a Boston
night club.

One Boston club trotted out 15
children in diapers as an opening
tor its floor show. They chased
Father Time from the floor, then
gave the spotlight, over to their
older "sisters."

A 7',i-pound boy was perhaps
Massachusetts' first New Year_
baby. He was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Ftli of Lawrence, at
Clover Hill Hospital at 25 seconds
after midnight.

Rhode Island's first baby of the
New Year was a girl, born to Mrs.
Antone Ferrerra of East Provi-
dence, at 12:01 a, m.

!age of 70.

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TIMES
Pawtucket, R. J.

3LI [936

Hay Slate Tax
Inquiry Urged

of ei'iminal

: ( 'UM;runr Lddresses Mas-
-■'. jn.-r-u. \ss(Mnhl\ as
iPoiitira] Fighl Opens.

BOSTON, Jan. 1 CAFj J ■ „
Massachusetts Legislature, ths
™thgrea( and genera] oourl . ,

;'''';• ■' ""'<" for Its .e .

to heai Governo. Jan , rl ° n

report on bis stewardship and de-

WaUvVnS 1 ' * '° WiC a " d ,PR "

Governor told a join! ses
I' " " f thfl Hot , BVna.te,

*' " rellel of n le real 88tate , 1X
Payers; increases in the ,■ ■, ,
of rtate Institutions; r„,- lh .. , t „
' d the perenria
mounting ,,,., of compulsory aute-
mobile liabllltj Insurance. '
I'oi UK \i. FACTORS
He recommended legation cov-
ertng those and a multitude of les-
mi problems to „„ assemble*.

V:" ■■'■■■■"" i - ■■">■' •■..■I.-, i „ B i.

TWr promise to he a d o« B ^ , .'
'."' '" 'he state and national elec

i™i-;r ':■.:;;„--= -£Z

It Is in this session thai the la*
I?* 41 ! 1 : councillor and eongref.
•tonal districts musi be redrawn
;;.';',-' "h.ch a bitter flgh! ft
waged o„ proposals to eatabllsh

;;;;■-' court as . unicameral

.--ions np ° n,y W « n «'*l

These latter reforms were recom.
mended today by the Governor ?n
W" message, which as well « da"
' l "t a »n* legislation he desired tt
viewed the accomplishments of hta

1 " session, the longesi In Th.
state's history " 10

lslIt h lon < ?° Vern0r """"-""■■ leg.

-Sir , tTro 1 , nr , t;::. ,i, , ntl r ,, T i

JUDGESHIP CHANGRfl

Amending the sta5 hi? i
thorlty art n « . housing „,,.

towns t„ Permit cities an d

»•""""- proJ P e P c , S Prate f """ s **
wi '» Muralus eon **«»tloa

'"''■■'•'" -'ndS^r i«» *■

?'«mlnal Courte P te ° r ; , Civil ^
lnr "y on full pav at ttT "'' , V ° Iua *

firing the registration of «„

Physicians under pah

punishment

Authorizing demolition of p, es

p "> Rutland (Tuberculoeto) Sani-

, ';" UN1 '"" 1J "^ «*d construe

or new quarters.

Appropriating $1,000,000 fo, CO b-
•ruction of an addition :
State Capitol, succeeding quarters
now rented. 4 lt,s

n | A *f. M * hia * ,he Metropolitan
P'V>ntog division, to avoid dupll"

Cafton of the functions of the
year P ****** boa,d Wealed last
Extending provisions

Workers compensation acts l
1 n u i .-. •

Reorganising the t» p :[ n f

ministration of !he ,: accl-

denl board.

Raising the school leaving age
from 1 1 to i«. * '"

Prohibiting Dls

ises in

th!^ W . n °* UrU ' *"' 1 establishing
the district courts on a sircull ba-

ABANDON PBISOM

Authori,„ !f; ths ,.. llt () f

barleatown stats prison ex-
cept a, a receiving statio
t-'isone,.. and the construe!

;!:;."'" , for felons at ,hc N °rfor k

pi ison coli

Appropriating another $100,000 1,,
"vertise recreational advani

w.ho^ K » n f ,and co-operatl
« th p bei itates of ■

Reducing mortgage Interest rates

from the prevail,,,, ,v, p .

. i romoting sconom , M o„

in public schools "-aucation

Oovemor Curley devoted a ma.
Jor share of his message to The

P-ohlerns of c.uin,- f ,„ „,„ Ta '.|

dUeaeed persons, which, be ad-
jured the Legislature, d

/""'- oonslderatl

courageous actio,, »

!: * ' >,uti "s that into the itate's I I
"^'itu„o„s for the mentally u
ainarliy accommodating 17 671 Z
"ents, were crowded 2lfo23 p,',-.
Curley seconded depart

V": 1 ': 1 .nno-

and'-; 1 :,-.

»chonl» and ,^e. ' " 1,al

, .. I ,, '.' ' " '' h '' t<«&l«laturt

w,:i arj ,.„,

' 1 VVS I KC.ISI.AIOKS

i he governor ■ «i W ,,.,.,,. ' . j

•ertlng bluntly "

.'The duplicity ,

crimlnaliy^sJ '"' '' f "'

750,000 wi- om „; ' f f ' 0St of *'■-

the S5SS s

more stringent regulations wolll „
« number of fatee clauns^S

ha procedure did not, I

■ '.o. ternative other

.. of the compulsor,

Or also asked the

■ ■ . . ' ■

i regulators set at 30

,;;;;;; — »« motor

"' tin,cd 'hc.^; aS * con »»"on

r relief

,/.

to 5 per cer,

"the state,.
do s racing, .j
| a Package on cigarettes

J«Wtt; Ctovernor dismissed '

! w "'i 'he statement that ,..,,„,

nd real ,

Saltonstall Give s
Republican View s
BOSTON, Jan , . u ,

dav"

'H'' Massachusetts

order of knaverj wlthoHi a low

•^:;:;-;';v ! :;; ! 'r--'

tore's faUure to e ,, ,, , J"' '
*»■ - tate.cn 7 a v

h '.;: ; ; buJ » »- "ow^^j"- ;•-

„ ""'• v «atious compulsory to:
u ranee problem, the Ooveram as

draslf; ,, ' l| " 1, " rl "immediate and
tocroas, V " <,n He suggested tht
'"Cleaned registry personnel and

"Unemploym,

o?thTS'r f " he """"-to!
'" e 149t h General Coui-»

«« h . s P ? aker said M

t« wn M n ' y SUCh '»-

the -v ' S 06 * 1 "* 18 "a "'■' ^tard
ter tin y iir I - : —- that bet
I ter U " le,> tor all are ahead "

I e !r,u!' Ked V hat °* «««to»oft&e
i-egielaturs be si

i "• said, to e n , ,

de';T : ,,;

„ r J °/ ol "- people in their gov-
"'"''" I do our besl to

make this seaadon the shortosi "

He urged an acceptance of BOSA-
mi tee reportj by the legislators
unless "there Is a decided differ^
;■,"'";' ° r , "' -■ *e committee

; '""'• "- ««aed that there he no
lengthy debate on small details
He sougnl co operation of the so-
wn* in eliminating u,
toll calls.

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News Tribune
Providence, R. I.

149th Session of Massachu-
setts Legislature Opens
Today

1 ,ipi — The Massa-

Boston, Jan \- ( * v i ne

STSJ^» convent foday

% ov 3 as? fa^t-tfi*®

se ,Bion of the House an^Se^t^

increases in the ,_ ca P ac ' l y,
nstttutions father labor • l£ « f

Kul.or? .u?««£,ll. liability in-

SU [t a, is e in this session that the legis-
,a ive councillor and congress^

C The governor recommended leg.sla-
ti0 TA regulate installment selling

BASH'S

Fe T d o er i a nsfitute S a sliding scale of util-

sidans "under plin of criminal pun-
'^"demolition of present Rutland

safer ^-- W£ -

"to "extend provisions ol the work

fr ° m i.HKCK ON SPEEDERS

The governor also asked the i leg
islators 8 to consider a P»WJ^ to
place speed regulators set «t 80 mile.
an hour on cars of motor vehicle
law violates aa a condition of con
tinued license. „„„„,

As sources of revenue, he recom-
mended a number of specific taxes
These were continuation of me i"
per cent surtax on individuals, es-
tates and corporations, doubling 01
the fees for operation of motor
trucks, an excise of 40 cents a gallon
on alcohol", an increase to 5 per cent
of the 3 1-2 per cent share the State
now receives from dog racing, and
a tax of two cents a package on
cigarettes.

Bulletin
Providence, R I.

JAN 1 193b

CURLEY PROPOSES
NEW STATE TAXES

Asks Board to Study Sources,

in Message Urging Relief

to Realtors.

Boston. Jan. l-- (UP) - R ^f Lf_
revenue from other sources to obvi-
ate necessity of laying a State tax on
c tie, and towns was recommended
today by Governor Curley m his an-
nt) message to the Legislature

"No student of Itovernment today
can fail to be impressed with me
grea complexity of the tax problem
Sad [the impossibility of properly ap-
nroachlng it without simultaneously
Considering the volume °f«Pendi ;
tures" the Governor said. I be heve
hat the time has come to make a
norough study of the tax problems,
and the expenditure progiam.

"I therefore recommend the ap-
pointment of a commission of recog-
nized authorities on taxation, includ-
ng members of the Legislature, such
'commission to be given Knple tttM
for the work, and supplied w^h ade-
quate funds for the employment of
all needed expert ass istance

Taxes recommended by the Gov-
ernor included: Continuance of the
1 iS per cent, surtax on individuals
estates and corporations: doubling of
truck licensing fees: a 40 cent a gal-
lon tax on alcohol: increase IrmSi
to 5 per cent, in the "handle of dog
racing; a two cents a package on cig-
arette" and a corresponding rate upon
other tobacco products; and a $o an-
nual fee on slot machines.

Curley advocated legislation to en-
able judges of State courts to retire
voluntarily at full salary at 70.

A building program for the De-
partment of Mental Disease also was
urged by the Governor.

Would Relieve Realtors.
Boston, Jan. l.-(AP)-The MUM.
chusetts Legislature, the 149th Great
and General Court, convened today
for its second session to hear Gover-
nor James M. Curley report on his
stewardship.

The Governor declared that among
the State's most pressing problems
was relief of the real estate taxpay

A bitter fight is predicted on pro-
posals to establish the General Court
as a unicameral Legislature holding
only biennial sessions.

This reform was recommended by
the Governor in his message which
as well as delineating legislation he
desTred, reviewed the accomplish-

last legislative s e=sion, km
^The^Glvern^also recommended

legislation: , nstallrnen t celling

Regulating wsteiun nd

through uniform »«* ' ds o£ corn-
standardization of memoes
puting toter 6 ^ rates. Housing Au .j

An T cTto perm cities and towns 1
thonty act to pen™ housing pro -

iSffSS^SL with Federal
, g Tn l sUtuting a sliding scale of utility

I rate-making gistrat ion of all

Requiring tt» re»» crirn inal

I physicians under pam «»

Impropriating $1,000,000 for con- 1

itruction of an addition to the StateT
Capitol succeeding quarters now

^AbolWing the Metropolitan Plan-
ning division, to avoid duplication of
"he functions of the State Planning
Board created last y ear - _. k .

Extending provisions of the Work
er's Compensation Acts toMWl

Raising the school-leaving age

fr pToWbiUng'District Court Justices
to practice in civil cases in their on
courts, and establishing the District
Courts on a circuit basis.

Authorizing the abandonment of

the Charlestown State Prison except

as a receiving station for prisoners,

and the construction of quarters for

felons at the Norfolk Prison Colony.

Appropriating another $100,000 to

advertise recreational advantages of

New England co-operatively with

other States of the area.

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J/) NJ ,93 6

Curley Lists Problems
Before Joint Session
Of 149th Legislature

Governor in Message Says
Relief of Real Estate
Taxpayers Necessary

RECOMMENDS FURTHER
LABOR LAW REFORMS

Biennial Sessions Question
Promises Most Bitter
Fight

BOSTON. Jan. 1 (#>).— The
Massachusets Legislature, the
1 49th Great and General
Court, convened today for its
second session to hear Gov-
ernor James M. Curley report
on his stewardship and detail
and prescribe for the Com-
monwealth's social, economic
and legislative needs.

Tax Relief Pressure

The Governor told a Joint ses-
sion of the House and Senate the
Slate's most pressing problem*
were relief of the real estate tax-
payers; Increases in the capacity
of State Institutions; further la-
bor law reform*. and that peren-
nial, the mounting cost of compul-
sory automobile liability insurance.

He recommended legislation cov-
ering these and a multitude of
lesser problems to an assemblage
whose deliberations and actions
this year promise to be a definite
factor in the State aiid National
elections, and In deciding the po-
litical complexion of Massachusetts
and the procedure of Stau gov.
eminent for years to corns:.

It is in this session that the
legislative, councillor and con-
gressional districts must be re-
drawn, and in which a bitter fight
will be waged on proposals to ea-

the general court as a
unicameral legislature holding only
biennial sessions.

These latter reforms were rec-
! ommended today by the Governor
: la his message, which as well as
delineating legislation he desired,
I reviewed tiie accompli aliments of
'his administration in the last lea-
ve .■session, the longest. ;n the
State's history.

Recommendation*
Tlie Governor recommended leg.
(station:

Regulating Installment selling
j through uiiiform sales contracts and
j standardization of methods of com-
puting Interest rates.

Amending the State housing au-
thority act to permit cities and
towns to appropriate funds for
housing projects in collaboration
with Federal grams.

Permitting judges of the Supreme
and Superior r.vs'. ann criminal
irts to retire voluntarily on full
pay at the aR«' of ~o.

Institute a sliding scale of utility
ate -makinc

Requiring the res. of all

physicians under pain ot criminal

punishment

Authorlsn
Rutland tuberculosis) sanatorium
buildings and construction of new
quai tars.

Appropriating $1,000,000 for eon-
. of an addition to the SI
Capitol, succeeding quarters now
rented.

a ishtng the metropolitan
twij division, to avoid duplies!
of the (Unctions of the state Plan-
ning Hoard created last year.

Ext< nding provisions o; the wotft-
m| ion acts to OUT* I

Reorganising the Department of
Labor and Industries to include ad-
ministration of the Industrial Ac-
cident. Board

School Age Raised

Raising the school-leaving ,\ge
from 14 to 16.

Prohibiting district court .justice*
to practice in olvtl cases In their
own court.s, and establishing the
district courts on a circuit basts,

Aurliorizlng the abandonment of
the Charlestown State Prison ex-

^j^-^^,^.^,^^-,^, mm **« — — — **■ ' ■■ ■ --wMOJM

sept as a receiving station tor*
prisoners, and tiie construction of
lusrtera for felons at the Norfolk
Prison Colony.

Appropriating another $100,000 to
idvertise recreational advantages Of
New England cooperatively with
't'ner States of the ate...

Reduoirii.' niorteage interest rates
'rom the prevailing a 1 - per cen'.
Promoting economic education in
public aeboo

□ ernor Curlej devoted a major
than of his message to the prob-
01 mentally diseas-
ed pe: .■ . : ■ . . d the
riemandeo serious con-
sideration coupled with courageous

Repoi . iie State's:

13 it. for the mentally '

accommodating 17 o".'i
patients, a* vied 21023 per-

sons, C ■ mded depaitn.

should be enlarged to accommodate
2000 patients each." or a total of
24.000

He depicted eq nous con- j

ditions of ovt :
quarte ■• kma] amp]

and :n the three State correct
and urged the legit
to provide the necessary facilities
wil

Legislature ( riticiwd

The Governor cs oriti-

the laagislators for their

handling of the problem last year.

. blunU)

"Tlf :. 1935

b the authoi * the

establishment of a [or the

..illy insane ai a cost of $1.-

[750,000 without making paevisioa

for -he money. : a low or-

:eii; in ,
Commonwealth." j
* istion decried bv the

. i -
failure to • wet of

$12.0ixi l i Wrentham

; for research to the problem of the ,
BtentaUj defective, which now has^
been built but stands imp

vexatious compuLs.>r> tnsur-
OObtoin, :»">r assert- j

ed. required "immediate and dxas- 1
Be tie in- j

2 eased Registry petaonne) and'
dilations would |
e number i • nss, and
. procedure did not, he said
see no ■• other

than a repeal of the compulsory in-
siu-ance law "

The Governor aUv asked the teg- I
a proposal to
place speed regulators set at 30 j
I miles an hour on cars of motor
vehicle law s as a condition

ense.
On the general question of relief
to t • "s. the Governor, i

- importance, sug-
. <i no specific remedies other
on on the "State tax" !
on i towns assessed by the

Commonwealth.

As altern.it ties. BOUTOM of reve- i
tme. however, be recommended a ;
number of specific taxes.

These were continuation of the !
10 per cent surtax on in-dividual*. !
estates and corporations, doubling
Of 'no fees for the operation of'

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Utor trucks, an excise of 40 cents I
gallon on alcohol; and an in-

«.« to five per cent of the three (
"" a half per cent share the -
ate no*' receives from dog rao
and a tax of two cents a
Ipackage on cigarets.
1 Economv the Governor dismissed
with the statement that ^com-
mendations of department head*
Lo far on this pomi were ■ scarcely
worth considering." he expressed
[the hope the tax program he sug-
gested would "prove a material
If actor in lowering the tax rate on
'the cities and towns.
| He urged the Legislature, how-
ever, to appoint a committee of
six Legislators, to cooperate with a
committee of 10 representing busi-
ness and real estate interests, "to
.study and report upon a program
J through which a reduction in the
cost of operating the activities of
the State may be possibV

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JAN 1 1936

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Mass. Legislature

To Hear Gove rnor s
, Ad(lrcS?rToclay!

IREADYTO I
FIREJOARD

Gov._Curley To Act on

Parole Body if Council

Agrees

BOSTON, Jan. 1.— Abolition of
the State Board of Parole appeared
imminent yesterday when Governor
Ourley announced that if the vtew
of the Executive Council coincided
with his "drastic action" would be
taken against the board.

Commenting on the statement of
Councillor James J. Brennan of
Somerville that he would ask the
Council today to recommend that
the Governor order removal of the
Parole Board, the Chief executive
said that he had received no "port
from the Council as a result of U
recent investigation of penal inst -
tutions but had received many let-
.ten complaining of the boards at- |
tltude on the release of P™^«-

"The gist of all these letters has
been," Governor Curley declarcQ.
I "that there is no incentive for the
I men to conform to all the rules and
regulations and become model pris-
1 oners. If a man does conform to
I the rules and regulations and Is a
model prisoner, the Board of Parole
| Just says that he is a wise fellow, a
i fox and that he is just trying to de-
ceive them. That is a bad situation
and there seems to be substantial
I basis for its existence.

"If the views of the Council co-
I incide with mine, drastic action
i should be taken." I

a tax of two cents a package
cigarettes.

Boston. Jan. 1 (/Pl.-Tlie Massa-
chusetts legislature, the 149th great
and general court, convened today
for Its second session to hear Gover-
nor Tn ir-- n pr vepon on „

stewardship^ffiadetail and prescribe
for the commonwealths social,
economic and legislative needs.

the governor told a joint session
ol the house and senate the states
most pressing problems were relief of
the real estate taxpayers; increases ,
in the capacity of state institutions.
further labor law reforms, and thai
perennial, the mounting cost of com-
pulsory automobile liability lnsur-

ance.

He recommended legislation cover-
ing these and a multitude ot lesser
problems to an assemblage whose
deliberations and actions this ycai
promise to he a definite factor in
the tale and national election-, and
U, deciding the political complexion
of Massachusetts and the proceeds
of state government for years to

conic

' li is m this session that the legls- |
lative, councillor and congressional
districts must bfl redrawn, and in |
which a bitter fight will be waged:
on proposals to establish the general
court as a unicameral legislature
holding only biennial sessions.

These latter reforms were recom-
mended today by the governor m his j
message, which as well as delineat-
ing legislation he desired, reviewed
the accomplishments of his admini-
stration in the la.t legislative ses-
sion, the longest in the states his-
tory.

Governor Curley devoted a major
. h ire of his message to the problems
of caring for mentally diseased per-
sons, winch, he adjured the legisla-
ture, demanded "serious considera-
tion coupled with courageous action."

BOSTON

Independent

Sandwich, Mass.

JAN 1 1936

Gulesian To Be
Candidate

For Senator

Moses H. Gulesian of Chestnut
Hill for many years a Summei
resident of Falmouth, whs .came to
America as an immigrant Ai mc
nian boy and won and lost a for-
tune in Boston theatrical and real
estate enterprises has just an
nounced his candidacy 10,
United States >f Senate "on th
Townsend plan."

Declaring Gov. Curley, whom he
wi 1 oppose, wa-B^rW his very good
Send! Mr. Gulesian abjured mud^
slinging. He said he felt the
Towsfnd plan was practical,
Seas the 'president's social se-
curity program, for which tne
Governor has been campaigning,
war inadequate to cure depression,
provide comfort for old persons or
reduce unemployment

Asked whether he had the back
; n g of the Massachusetts Town
send clubs, which claim 30,000
Ambers and 275,000 jgfg^
netition to Congress, Mi. ^ ules1 ""
said he had no "definite agreement
nut we have a certain amount of

"tf GuS will not seek a
parly nomination but will be an
independent candidate.

REPUBLICAN

Springfield, Mass.

GOV CURLEY PLANS
TRIP TO WASHINGTON

From Our Special Reporter.

Huston. Dec. :n C.ov O.vley is
S omg to Washington, D, C, Tuesday
„,„, «e next May wUl attend he
refferson-day dinner. While at the
Capitol he will press for appropria-
tions for the Connecticut, Blackstone
and Merrlmac river projects, lie said.;
adding they are by no means dead.

"I want to fi-et some appropriation
or a commitment on the federal
Kovemment's part." he explained. A
million dollars on each river project

would serve to start the improve-
ments."

Be will also take up with prope>-
] authorities the National guard camp
| site at Bnnrnc. He conferred with
Adjt-Gen William [, Rose today and
Rose tnld him that some 4(10 men
are now working clearing- that site
and by the end of the week the

total will be Increased to 700, The

lob i.s expected to last at least six

months.

on )

aesneu, reviewcu u.c

I 6*

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Springfield, Mass.

Legislature Opens Today;

Important Matters Ahead

Gov Curley to Read Annual Message in House and Is
Expected to Urge Improvements to State Build-
ings — Highly-Controversial Measures Filed

been

With

mm e

ei .1

From ' 'in Bpi I '■ ier

Boston, i tec. 31 'id' ia ond sea-
•lon of the I (9th Great and I lem ral
Coui i «rlll jet under waj lotnoi i om
iii"i ntng iii ii, and pi orolsea to be a
\\\ ely and long-draw n-oul affaii .

Gov Curley will read hla annua]
message to the i i» mbli d brani he*
iu the House auditorium soon after
the fin eirtton assi mbli • and ia I i
pectsd i" take about two hours and
oni iii!:' in so doing'.

Mini measures have already i.<< t\
filed fin- consideration of the
>lon, among them numerous highly-
controversial matters. However, the
drive for state projects to provide
employment will not be done under
the guise of "work and wages" but
rather wader the straight drive f..i
additions and Improvements to state
buttdfnga, ii is Indicated, Thai the
;-■". ■ i nor ti 111 recommend ma a i su h
projects In hla message baa
stated urn hoi itat Ively.

Vital Taxation Problems

The Session will !»• confronted
the usual taxation prob
i i'i; at present because of 1 1 -. . -
for additional revenues In fu e of
rising governmental costs due to the
Ion, and also because of Gov
i 'in ley's announced Intention to strtvi
in eliminate the state tax on muni-
clpailtlea each j • ar, and meet the
expenditures from the general fund
.if i in commonwealth, which must be
in. reaaed by eight to ten million dol-
lars in bring this about, Naturally,
this ia coins to mean additional taxes,
if the chief exe< utlve has his way.

The drive for biennial sessions,
favored by the governor, will occupy
a^ great dea l of attention, and Wiil

binge around the report of the spe-
cial commission which reported In
favor of such a change in the consti-
tution by a one-vote majority. The
state Grange is behind iiie original
Initiative petition that brought about
an Impaaae In lasi year's session ami
caused the creation of the special
Study Commission, There Ik opposition

in the ranks of both major parties
to thr proposed change, and the battle
promises to be hard-fought

The horse and dog-racing problem
also confronts, with an Initiative pett-
tton to repeal the parlmutue] law
pending, The state receive large reve-
nues from these sports during the
past year, yet not as large as had
been anticipated, and the failure of
one big track will not enhance the
position, of the pro-racing enthusiasts.
i he probable outcome may be a high-
er share of the proceeds to accrue
to the state than the present »U
per cent; and it may be that with

veto of the initiative peUtionTitSepon-

sors will obtain the additional signa-
tures to >ii n on >t at the
i" In fact, that course
suggests itself aa the roovt pro!

■ i .....

■ prone to let ■ ople decide a

might barm their
■ w ben lb. > s. ek reelection.
The pi o ill m of pi o\ Idlng additional
tors at the State H
manj dep 1 1 tm< n( - a nd di> latons noa
lions, $ elaewhert a - g the stat*

hi ivy ' , nt. lis. is in,. mi. r quea

come up. Information is
tain proper! y adjao nt to the
State House bus been acquired b) ■■ •
tain Shrewd real estate operates* in

" ■

commonwealth In eminent domain

ngs.

.Iu<liei;ir> Problem*

t ..■:.,

■
on the supreme and aupei
have long | aaai d - ; they

should have . n ' f

» ntlment, then is sure I i be a drive
tirement law to permit
Da of n. w blood on ■
benches. The district court sanation,
lied by i special ri ramls-

ston which has not yel ■ ted, Is
going to lie •: , . Past at-

tempts to eliminate certain ol these
ta, or to provide for s circuit
i .out system, have been rebuffed but

'his will r crop,,,-.- ■

"> i " The supreme courfa

mandate forbidding certain dl

'i the

criminal side of district courts was -i

iw to those who bt lleved no

such handicaps should be placed In

'he w,i\ ,,i these .,:: That

further handicaps m..\
seems possible.

The social secui It) progr im is go-
'",'-' ta '" • Ive plenti of attention
Massachusetts aires Ij as an unem-
ployment Insurance law, but It

it conform entirely to requirements

. • ■ • tn'i :• :sed to have which was

U illy taken from them and gives

• .state welfare department. The

commission's report rei resents retro-

m from what has been accepted

as the trend in this parUcnlar

Prison I egislatlon

• how much consideration the

to the prison

■ ■■■!' al, The ex« u-

• i the

''all ' - ire may

• ii ■ lay but

thai ' ■• governor,

• •■ a ime of his

to 1 ■ i insane

ther his program.

• ,v of
bees ijsc

■ the pinch

of the
' This - em in

many different forms, all

tins
.• has
■ i ila] s maj | .

■
Th- law ne-

, ■ iiy will have to have attention.
| in » h)W of

I mer b~. J . 4. us

in-
Miinni 1 list year the 1 tlon of

guest

law made

-■■. 1:
n to $3.
•
plus ji ;,, rial

sion in the Oi

■ or'

.wth-

h premiums as they are

not within the compulsory law. lie
did not tell the Insurance committee.

of that fact last year; whai that
him when he
■ the ■ ming si ssion
■■Kle inten iding.

Conjt heard as to a.

• will be attempts new

ms In 1

' " • Boat D ratic

' >r has thri for

1 .1 (ten nt president than James G.

Uansfh • loa

up organisation 1 upper

b last year, and loud

>i auspii ion on • ! n of
Curie] r ■ tening
Lai \ .,■ th end-
it perauadi heads
to withhold hla blast on M
l< t matt, rs slidi .- t teres

Speaker Levi has

i an
attempt wou • , displace

placed ' no ' hln - " ,1 nf

there

House members wh
to tbe governor and so willinp to
do his hiddinc that anything can
happen to mar the genei .1 procedure
"' ■' * ii opening. The

speaker talked ol dictaphones!, but

only one ever reported found

ederal Rnancial benefltaThe ' ' ! ' " ! '- v ,n *

state unemployment Insurance com- ln tne governor's own

mission is organised and functioning Palatial home on the Jamaicawa-y,

although It baa no appropriation it whi "' ,hc Public with plentjr
will have to be given a sum

next year to make it .-, »,,„,

of the new federal law on this sul

and will have to be changed to ob- "°

._ propoai-
1 n,s »ubj< ■ I furnishes plentj

of material for the legislators who

'" 1 atorlcally inclined,

Public welfare laws af« uninterest-
ing, but will have to rent Ivi consid-
eration, aa a special commission has
studied them and win recommi nd
Quite a number of change* among
them to give local welfare authorities
a lot more power than they now havi

. of laughs.

There are some new faces in both
branches, caused ins to fill

vacancies, which will mean some
changes in committee assignments.
More of these are expected to be
male in the House than in the up-
per branch. It would not lie sur-
prising if the speaker were to ,li R .
some of the prominent Re pub-
is now on important committees
if their action in 1

PRESS

no^" - '■»*"•"'»• "

jo Gov Curley on his bond issue and
lother hills during the last session,
lii,. would be justified, it is held by
lold legislative followers, in thus re-
Iprimanding tiie.se backsliders,
I It is futile to try to guess now
Ions- the session may last. Election
I faces the members who are to be
returned and they will be
to hustle things along
successful they will be. is a matter
for doubt; this Legislature has not
demonstrated ability to accomplish
things that ought be accomplished,
with the governor bringing pressure
to hear for the things he would have
tone and appropriations he wants to
do them, there is every reason to
think the hot weather will find the
members Sitting around in their
shirt sleeves trying to make progress,
as they did last summer.

anxious
Just how

UNION
Springfield, Mas*.

193b

CURLEY MESSAGE

TO TEGISLATURE

DUE TOMORROW

House and Senate Will Join

to Hear Recommendations

Concerning Pressing

Problems

FEW COMMITTEE

CHANGES LIKELY

,,i,ivc a.Ti'nirtg*
UNION

SpringfieW, M*£

TOIET GOODWIN
GIVE LABOR AID

R4istrar TSSSTed Change
*Z Attitude on Knowing
Facts; Makes Appeal
to Motorists

BOSTON, Dec.31 vehicles.

win. State ^^ decision o£ Gov.
commenting on tne™ indulge in

Curley to ,P erm " d W 5 ,he same time
labor activities ^ . "^ v

to remain r e? rt J£ ce n e ncy got all the
that ^ he would change his mind.

facts he wouw c very mucn .

UNION
Springfield, Ma*»-

JAN 1 la'dD

their uni on activity- ,

Curley Extends

— -" 1936 Greetings !

Great Promise Is Seen as

New Year Arrives,

Governor Says

,„ ■ , t n The 8prtnoft'M Onion)
(Special to I "" ,q_ Gov . James M
BOSTON. D« c - » a th e following New ,
Curley today issue at* e imens of the
Year's greeting to the
Commonwealth. promise of

" The year » more inviting manner!
opening in a mor AmPrira has

than any V^r »*' vears . Not

known for the pa rt M * ^ , ho
only the smtshlne »t apppars to

sunshine of £ r " Sr ° ror tlon of our
penetrate every

country. ,, immediately

••The task that «•■ , an eco-

ah " rt ln i:5S"n prog-m will
nomic and huma nua „ n <l In- ,

unquestionably tax tne^ people, h* ,

gcnuity »'' a rinO"". ln ,hCm "i
animated by fa"" '" n ro untry.

BclV es and in our co """? n oUr prob-
we will succeed in so W n OU t
tana, we can without tear J n» ( (hP
(he New Year firm. nth-ben ^ rf

blessings In store for «•» tnan
America will be more abund JH
has ever previously been the lot o.
American people.

Will Face Business in Hand
at Once; Redrawing of |
Districts Is One Im-
portant Task

BOSTON. Dec. 31 (APJ-Massa-
JStW 149th legislature convenes
Chusetts i session t0

tomorrow for its ■ prnh ,oms.

confront a score of pressing i

House and Senate will assemble In
Joint session to hear the annual ■»
„' of Gov. James M. Curley and
Zl Commendation, for legislative

^ committee appointment- w4U
be changed from the lists Standing
2 the prorogation of the last session
longest in the State's hlstory-and
the legislature may be expected to
Zn immediately to the bus n« "
hand without the necessity of organ

lzation.

On Veal's Program
Tlw legislature has before it this
.ear the woolen, ot redrawing
congressional, legislative

, oum cu«.,..- - h _

5 J5S£ff SSrfcrtr

of registrar. d mot orists to

QoodWln today u °" kers a rest

gi ve hospitals and «»dertd the

fn asking tor. cartful dn s t0

Now Years holida > drin klng

wot, ; riSti ;eason "vvhen a great, many
^eordrlnk too much >iauo, nwh

P .. W e have, just ended ^ more ^
795 Persons were » "ec ffer .

48,000 injured ca U sm, hins f tre-
ing and sorrow, to say,. Good w,n.

SSfS'S'SS byways free from
Angled human_belngs-

Decision Closes
Week's Controversy

and coun-

Cilor districts, "l ich will **«$»
the political complexion ot tne

pu , so ry ai.tomo^ insiiranee^
C a„';! a ',o 'occupy the legislators for a
considerable period. , oatn act ,

The controversial tea cne
wll ich paused such py roteenn
bate last ye", alw »« "rtain^o

tt p again, m vie » * »"» °' oa d fights
Of various educators
for repeal of the law, .„ f the

Nearly all of ^JEJJ 1 s „mewhat

es^rcm^w^^piibll-

SFSSifc^

of San m, ' ' ' - _ ,p, i n a contest

diratln* To£ o? Prestige and power
by ^e Go ^ r " vo new representatives,
Tt Tn a , lofof Worcester, and
Axe! I 1 .r.^weii of Maynard, both
William stoc ^ w h ' succeeded to seats

' ee *° ' ,.p,_ G ov. James

BOSTON, Dec. 81 A" ^. cek , ld
M Curley, who onl > lA ^ trar Fra nk
«ery Motor veb.cl BegW wb
A . Gooflwin to il""' , found

^Km^tiKnight with let-

^A^i.i'onliii-bo'h.

ll '; s a result J.«?*"JS^Sd of the
ended and Good win ' > ry poS ,
*"'■' '"'• nP ' 1 ,0S n 8 , a n npaid adviser of
8S SofiS MAS of Shoe and
Alii,, I Craftsmen. Havcr hill shoe

iteprescntatives f a " ^^ Qov .
worker^ ll,,,0 \ 1 ''' ou C'.oodwln's en-

i:-"--^ ^ orkers ' contro " ■

Qoodwin was justmeo . tlon

-,<, labor efforts an< that tne q w

' •"■'■'■ s, ' 1 \ ,M ,w , havrb en achieved
»' %Te«"rva«on*o? an important

' J "'.MLsachusetls industry

""'^ i^/raVb^nmteresfedin

1 '' ?^" *ffL b, ockton brother-

,. operation of the o™r*" d t he

hood which he ; organued ^ and e

•„v,rnor sail, TMW in» un( ,

in the industry, the men , ons

C'b^^empCrS employe has
^ n ov d Tury f, -'sa,d conditions which

in other sections of the Common-
wealVh. notably Lynn and Haverhill.
He sett he cduld see r, justification
for d'aru'-tiig cflcrts which might
brin" r.ood reHUlts i" oilier shoe cen-
ters similar to what has been accom-
plished in Brockton,

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REPUBLICAN

Springfield, Mass.

CURLEY TO KEEP
GOODWIN; GIVES
/ HIM CLEAN BILL

Says Motor Vehicle Regist-j
rar 'Has Achieved Preser-
vation of Basic Massachu-
setts Industry'

B • n. Dec 31 - Gov Curley
after conferring for ,., minutes with
Motor Vehicles Registrar Frank A.
Goodwin today, Issued a statraent
Goodwin a clean bill of health
in connection with his si
M ivei lull shoe workers, and said
I i ■ ' i! i 1 1 ason for him to n -
move Goodwin from the registry
berth,

Goodwin, In speaking to Haver*
hill shoe workers, advised them nor
te v. n!] the American Feder-
al Labor, bul Insti ad, to form
their own shop unions as has horn
done in Brockton to the benefit of
workers there.

After the conference, the governor
issued this statement:
"i have conferred wish Mr Prank

• v i; Iu 'i» today, after making a I

' "- 11 Investigation of his actlvi-

1 ,: " leld of shoe reanufactur.
Jng and i am convinced that there is
Jui tlflcatJon for the position that he
has taken,

' I am not swayed m this derision bj
the fact that bis work Is carried on
puring ins own time and not durina

the time of the state, and T even

V thai the question of ethics of
'"' hfad of an Important depart-
"""' Interfering in matters of this
i h iracter, may we j] ,„, U:llvc(1 jn
view of the results that have been
achieved In the preservation of an
important basic Massachusetts Indus-

"During the past two and one-half

" " : thi operation of the or-

ganizatlon of workers in which Mr

Goodwin has been interested in the
Brockton district, there, has been
peace in the industry, the men hay"
found steady employment with con«!
Jtof aatsfactory both .as to wages
and regulations, and a real spirit of
eooperaUon between employer 'an*

employe has been develop,-.,, The
conditions that obtain In P.roek

obtaining m^t, "T* ' *"*£

oniaming in the industry | n other

•actions or the eommonwea Ith not'

vded tb r " Vn " '■""' H-WWIC Pro
mi led the same happy result* for u

'.""'-">■ R» the employer a2d I far

thfl worker can be developed lL

vi «™ I., '.in ;•'• S? J Sfss' in " j -

o» tu c 0ra rw^ta

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JBOSTON MASS.

UNION

Springfield, Mat*.

J Ml 193b

CURLEY TO SEEK
RIVER PROJECT
MONEY TUESDAY

Visit to Washington to Be

in Interests of Conn.,

Blackstone, Merrimack

w aterways

2 L° "•a-h,,,,.;..;; 1 T,:„ a V", 7, Z";

Z™™?* « roj developmen JTh,

«« «- n...d.d j ,;;, ! .:r; n , :., 1 ^ e ,o

AnSSTT? wonld 'a?' TV '"

>'•"""■ » •llotoe« n \fwM fanS H

the d reds-Inn „r „• A funds for !

In l'....s,.m Ha '".".;"■ «?-'001 Channel

of Its people in (akin- u» „ t

ESf* -^t h oa. h to M to d^!

, -.. h "» « registrar of moto?veW

frotest of Goodwin', advice to the

have come from high officials of tbS
federation of ii&r" £ thto

tri a

£cj
' " very mm h " P'^-ite

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BOSTON MASS.

REPUBLICAN

Springfield, Mass.

HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS
AT BOSTON FAVORED

Pr °» °«r Special Reporter

fi ..;. "-Culmination of a

l,C than 25 vears I

■ v t>T, o m the commercial future

t.on N b? SSsSsA^ sr^

i,,- \»- ^j*»*^**»i it \ or the annrnval i
u ' '■-*' ■" authorities K

' onipletion of the nr,,.i. „ ■,,
I. to ,hese "Tiers of th e

REPUBLICAN

Springfield Mass

N 1

ln Boston Harbor TE 1 °' ohann "
immediate I . 7 ,\ S,a,e '» "^"l

"mourn to MaoSon work My

r ~» bond SStZsS w '" hP ukp "

,***■» «l so stated', ha, , h e *.„
«"> ,ime"w Jt "7""V '," , '— ed a,

channel at he ""r"^ " f 'he

OPTIMISTIC GREETING
1 FROM GOV CURLEY

I Sc ,^ 'Sunshine of Prosperity"
Ahead as He Wishes Hap-
py New Year

l ' ! ;: i " Onr Special f: „ :
reS?. 40 ^ ""' »- Here's tt, New
■ ', ^= trom Gov Curlev^

than Sny n ve ar m0 t^ 1 nV l finr i man ^ r

^ y .hin, 8 r h,n " ■- ''-

!•" not, t- „/ P^Perity appears to
try. rate ever > P°rt»on of our coun-

ahead 6 i.'' S h '"'V ,if,5i immediately
anead In the development of an
economic *.,i humanitarian prop,,,,
•Mil unquestionaWy tax the talent

;!e' z cwu " ■ ^".,-,.,,„ '■■;::

,lr - /"" animated hy faith in ;,,h

r e y n ^ v « 'o,n:;;;;„'

nm n , . i " •"'"'■'' - 0,i i" aolvlna

<n o,' ',;;'Th We '"' w 'thout fear
h'liVr V r new year man in the

belief that the hlcsslngs in store
for the people of America will S
more abundan, than has eve 'pre
'— "te ,o, of the AmertoS

"In this spirit animated hy this be-
iit'f and sustained hv ,ki. t -.,

lot the eoninionwealth." "™*""

— 1

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BOSTON MASS.

UNION
Springfield. Mass.

JAN 1 1936

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BOSTON MASS.

REPUBLICAN

Springfield, Mass.

JA .

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BOSTON MASS.

,. \

PETITIONS FILED
IN HOUSE ARE 102
FEWERTHISYEAR

Total of 3 1 8 With Clerk to

Date; Pierce Proposes

Associate Taxation

Commissioners

(Special to The Springfield Onion)

BOSTON, Dec. 31 — Petitions tiled
with the clerk of the House of. Rep-
resentatives to date are 102 less than
last vear The figures show for the
ncon.ing General Court 318 petitions
filed to date, while last year 420 meas-
ures were filed.

Appointment of two associate com-
missioners In the Department of Cor-
^mt&nd taxation I. sought tea
hill filed by Rep. Frederick E. Fierce
Trreenneld. One of the new com-
missioned would he appointed by Uw
Claxeiafir with the approval of t h
WHS? for . term of two years, whle ]
th» other would serve for three >ears.
^"concurrence of at leas, a ma ,

^;;.'w!:u:d S be necessary in every

Sfflclal act of the department

„ ,,- r , n i. M Leonard! wants to

? eIV 1( terest charges on small

reduce the '«•[»"- „ A r cent per

loans from 3 to i ..

month . ina ,, nn |,v n special com-

An '"^f 1 ^ 1 , "management of the

5? l8 "'T, "Cc TeTephone and Tele-
New England i ' ., in a re .

S£v? £m» SB B. Wearier

° f T^^ar-mher .ouM : .e,nnt
from taxation VHP*** *S by

KjrAW-zrs -

[^r^r^lir-t'r^s'^ricesand

charges for local ex.; nance to lep h n
service and the retail prll «a . f ' WB

tricltv for domestic and commercial
service within the Commonwealtn.

Marshall would also Change""
Statutes relative to the rsta'.lishm ent
and operation ot municipal flee"
plants hv cities and towns of the Lom-

tn on wealth.

his action, very much.

WANTS" ADVERTISING OF
NEW ENGLAND CONTINUED

From our special Reporter

Boston, Dec 81— William A. Barron, |

Chairman of the recreational develop- j
mem committee of the New England
council, has appealed to Gov Curley
for continued cooperation ol Massa-
chusetts in advertising- New England
as a recreational center, at the same
time thanking him for his efforts
which resulted in a large appropria-
tion last vear for such work. Bar-
ion's tele-ram to Curley follows: —

"Approximately one year ago you
cave great impetus to the further
development, of New England's most
imporl mi recreational industry when,
in your inaugural and budget mes-
sages, you proposed that Massachu-
Hetta appropriate $100.000 for adver-
tising its own attraction* and to par-
ticipate with the other five states |«
an all-New England recreational ad-
vertising campaign. That both proj-
ects were realized is a matter of
congratulation to you, to your stale,
and to New England. As a result, we
have in Massachusetts and New Eng-
land, the, highest degree of public
and commercial appreciation of our I
recreational industry and most inten-
sive sales effort ever attained in this
region.

"The 1935 recreational season re-
turns in both Massachusetts and New
England were hest in five years. I
wish to take advantage of this op-
portunity to thank you on behall
of the recreational industry for your
interest and cooperation and to point
out the necessity of Massachusetts
and New England continuing their
individual and cooperative activities
in 1936 in order to maintain then-
competitive position in this Import-
ant sector of our regional economy.
Best wishes to you for the new year."
It is believed the coventor will deal
with this subject in his Inaugural
message tomorrow.

REPUBLICAN

Springfield, Mass

JAN]

isab

GOV CURLEY HAS
COMPLAINTS OF
) PAROLE BOARD

Says 'Drastic Action' Will
Be Taken if Views of the
Executive Council Coincide
With His Own

From Our Special Reporter

Boston. Dec. 31 — Abolition of the
state board of parole appeared im-
minent today when Gov Cm-ley an-
fnounced that if the views of the cx-
, , 11'tive conned coincided with his own,
' --drastic action" would be taken against
ithe board.

Commenting on the statement of
Councilor James J. Brennan of Somer-
ville that he would tomorrow ask the
council to recommend to the governor
the removal of the board members.
Curley said he had received no report
from the executive council on its in-
in\ estimation of penal institutions, but
had received many letters complain-
ing of the parole board's attitude on
release of prisoners.

"The gist of all these letters has
been," said the governor, "that there
is no incentive for the men to con-
form to all rules and regulations and
become model prisoners. If a man
does conform to the rules and regu-
lations and is a model prisoner, the
board of parole just says that man is
a wise fellow— a fox— and that he is
just using to deceive lliem. That is
a bad situation and there seems to be
substantial basis of its existence. If
the views of the council coincide with
mine, drastic- action will be taken."
in the meantime, the parole board
members are "sitting tight" and Bay-
ing nothing. That some of them may
talk if "drastic action" confronts may
be accepted as assured. Whether the
[board has been recommending certain
J pardons that have been given recent-
ly, and announced as haecd on such
approval by the hoard, is now a ques-
tion.

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BOSTON MASS.

UNION
Springfield, Mass.

N 1

State House Briefs

By Donal F. Marl'hee

a^anSi telles in Region .loh

,!'"' "' Insurance Francia J 1 1,
Ci Ilea was today named director of the
American Legion Highway s .

»! "» 8tate Commandei John
" watoh. i ommisslonei i>. <vi los ao-
'•V 1 "" 1 the appointment and igtui
Plan" Immediately for an intensive
utive tot Pabruary.

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REPUBLICAN

Springfield, Mass.

Itiil!i nhd

Rep. Timothy J Murphy of Dot -
<:'-".'-> riled a House bill calm a
. for a fiat rale r« compulsory auto"
. 5° b,) * •""uranoe throughout Maaaa

Rep. John Philip White of Boston

baa niea a petition for the relnstate-

1 menl In the classified civil servloe of

Mate officers and employes, tepa rated

from the civil service by suspension

' OT discharce. This hill, if enaete,!.
would permit the reinstatement of
the former Boston policemen, «hn
went out on strike in 1»]9.
A gas oi electric companv wouh'

(not be permitted to roller! from an\
customer, for (allure to ,,av an^
amount ttue for cas or electricity. an>
penalty in excess of 5 per cent of |h e
amount of the bill, undet a petition
nl I. .red by Hep. E. C. Nelson of Mil-

ford.

Work at Bourne

! CSov. Curley was today Informed
that 400 men are at present employed
n c|earln s f the camp. site on Cape
too at Bourne and that by the en.
of the week the number will be in-
creased to 7oo There la every Indies
tion said the Governor, that the job

wll, last tot six months. Due to fie
amount of Federal work beins con
ducted In the Cape section. It has been
necessary to secure a wavet to em-
ploy men from Fall River. New Bed-
ford and Plymouth

STATE HOUSE NOTES

I loati in i. , ■-■ i , ..
C. W I of ,,, „ '"'"'••'" Herde,

isora Si "■ , ' V '," M "«*'

wes, ,„ ;,.,;„..," u " '-"'"
""• ctvi ., ;, , ' ■■ « '

clerk (m ..m ; .r..'""""" ; "> »''""•">
to $15 a week t ', montba : " *'-

" "' . a flit J i £0 t,K ■ n « \i r >, . ■

DwffeM Project tnprnwrf

»•*>»•« Named Safety l>| rpr ,„r

n ;'v' tosurtu tommtaslooer r t

w '-" 3 .;. I ; ,, "i 1 ; n -''; h » »

immediate \ntwtfZ*™ "

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UNION
Springfield, Mas*.

gov.cUrley I

READYTO FIRE
PAROLE BOARD

Drastic Action Wil) Be Taken

if Executive Council's Views

Coincide With His,

He Saj b.

an
Kebru-

Milk Board Situation

Legislation to make the State Milk
Control Board a permanent functlo i
Is soiiRl.t In a Senate bill filed bv I
Senator Charles A. P. Mc\ree of
**verhtD. The board, an emerwncv".
body, s-oe & not of ealatence next year »
The v A' '" kW,^ by l«l»l«»lvs act
he M, Aree bill would place the "board
undei the supervision of the depart-

0.. CjHj, B „ t „ „,,

UOV ( uTley was at hi* ,.■

State House todsv V flce at the

**y* confine , ■ ,;'"; u ! np ■ Hum

«i.h a severe -old Is f '""'

to aettla V» .-.„, ls flrst a « was

trar '-,, k '"":<-;:- with RagVa!

t«rln« field sh< e man 'ifac-

.Mental

_.,„ B «>"'» New KnclarW

William A Barron, chairman of rw
NSW Midland Council Ree™at",„ nT

* co'; ,r Tr, r ;!e v c rtv p '' r^^

'chuaetts and SI i" , 0,h Massa-

were the best «i « Knsland »» IMS
oest in five years.

Eiamlnatloil of Prl,onerp
Qov Curley has a*k~i n

Commissioner \,',.„,'. r' , ( " : ""M n

have all nrl - ' '-Milan to

"' the .•nmmissi,,,,". " ■ , ^; h 1 '"\ lr ""'-

;,r! '* *' h »Mmi ,, ''" h( ' mC-

.'• n ; ""i,..""; th »! ii1 -

P«-oper ,ute i ,,»,?, ^t.j 1 .' .. housr <l

s '«te institutions.'

n of the

■

tstement oi

ent In-

but

. : the re.

ettew ha*

/ that

' ror the men to

the rule .,nd rr „„.

>rm to th,

l» a model n u

' ' ' i foa and

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Sentinel
Waterville, Me.

JAN 1 1936

Goodwin And CurJss
j Continuejhe Fight

Governor Finds Two Jobs
Are Possible

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BOSTON MASS *

CALL
Woonsocket, R. I.

JAN 1 1936

Relief Of Realty
Tax Burden Is
j Urged J5y Curley

Labor Laws And Insurance
Reforms Also Cited As
Pressing Needs

BOSTON, Dec. **i£r*™&
or James M. Curley. **»<«£ la f f
week ga ve his W «*£« w£
TZoZ Tr^ S from labor

found nothing ™ c0 ™^fttiTtc~
ietttng Goodwin continue both to

night. u«x>k-oM con-

H^ltW ^t and can continue
, his registry J*™" £ tne Brock-

^'^V^S union pro-

Haverhill snoe wulI v ,_«» wee k

titted to the governor l»st week

'^fuT Goodwin's entice mto a

=w*. workers controv i

^; e b rSi"mportantb asl cM.

Goodwin has been Interested In the
ion of an organization ot
workers in the Brockton district, the
governor said, 'there has been peac*
men have found
ft p1 newt with conditions
actory both as to wages auc-
tions and a real spur, of co-
I r«i between employer and em -
ployee has been developed/

Governor Curley said the coram -

.mr,s oWtetoed in Brockton are in

tog contrast to conditions a

cy in other sections of we

,, commonwealth, notably Lynn a-nn

Haverhill." He said he could see no

■icatton for disrupting effort

I which migtoit taring good results to

I'l other shoe centers similar to what

I has been accomplished in Brockton.

General ^ourt Meets

Deliberations Promise To
Be Factor In State And
National Elections

BOSTON. Jan. 1 (JPJhz The Mas-
sachusetts Legislature, the 149th
Great and General Court, convened
today for its second session to hear
Governor James M. Curley report
on his stewardship and detail and
prescribe for the commonwealths
social, economic and legislative
needs.

The Governor told a joint session
of the House and Senate the State's
most pressing problems were reliel
of the real estate taxpayers; increas-
es in the capacity of State institu-
tions; further labor law relorms, and
that perennial, the mounting cost
of compulsory automobile liability
insurance.

He recommended legislation cov-
ering these and a multitude of less-
er problems to an assemblage whose
deliberations and actions this year
promise to be a definite factor m
the State and National elections,
and in deciding the political com-
plexion of Massachusetts and the
procedure of State government for
years to come.

It is in this session that the legis-
lative, councillor and congressional
districts must be redrawn, and in
which a bitter fight will be waged
on proposals to establish the Gen-
eral Court as a unicameral legisla-
ture holding only biennial sessions.
These latter reformst were recom-
mended today by the Governor in
his message, which as well as de-
lineating legislation he desired, re-

viewed the accomplishments of his I
administration in the last leglsla- 1 1

tive session, the longest in
State's history.

Legislative PTogram

The Governor recommended legis-
lation;

Regulating ins! ailment selling
through uniform sales contracts and
standardization of methods of com
puting interest rates.

Amending the State Houng Au
thority Act to permit titie, ai
lownl to y™t« g**
housing projects Hi wh
with Federal grants. c„ nrem e

Permitting judges of the Supreme
and Superior Civil and &****
Courts to retire voluntarily on tun
nav at tne age of TO. Instituting a
Kding scale of utility rate-making

Requiring the registration of al
ph^ans "under pain of cr.minal

ounishment.

Authorizing demolition of pres-
ent Rutland (tuberculosa) Sana-
torium buildings and construction
of new quarters.

Appropriating $1,000,000 or con-
struction of an addition to the State
Capitol, succeeding quarters now

^Abolishing the metropolitan plan-
nin (division, to avoid duplication

of the functions of the State Plan-
ning Board created last year

Extending provisions of the
Worker's Compensation Act* to

"^organizing the Deputoent ot

Labor and Industries to /iriude ad-
ministration of the Industrial Acci-
dent Board.

Raising the school-leaving age
from 14 to 16.

Prohibiting district court justices
to practice in civil cases in their
own courts, and establishing the
district courts on a circuit basis.

Authorizing the abandonment of
the Charlestown State Prison ex-
cept as a receiving station for pris-
oners, and the construction of quar-
ters for felons at the Norfolk Pris-
on Colony.

Appropriating another $TOO,000 to
advertise recreational advantages of
New England cooperatively with
other States of the area.

Reducing mortgage interest rates
from the prevailing 5'-. per cent.
Promoting economic education in
public schools.

State Institutions
Governor Curley devoted a ma-
jor share of his message to the
problems of caring for the mentally
diseased persons, which, he ad-
jured the Legislature, demanded
"serious consideration coupled with
courageous action."

Reporting that into the State's
13 institutions for the mentally ill,
ordinarily accommodating 17.671
patients, were crowded 21.023 per-
sons, Curley seconded departmen-
tal recommendations that the 13
units should be enlarged to accom-
modate 2.000 patients each, or a to-
tal of 24,000.

He depicted equally serious con-
ditions of overcrowding in living
quarters of institutional employes.
and in the three State correctional
schools, and urged the Legislature
to provide the necessary facilities
without delay.

The governor caustically criticiz-
ed the legislators for their handling
of the problem last year, asserting
bluntly:

"The duplicity practiced in 1935
through the authorization for the
establishment of a hospital for the
criminally insane at a cost of $1,-
750,000 without making provision
for the money, savors of a low or-
der of knavery without precedent

r->iTi>nt,li'-£-

of the commun-

in the history

wealth."

A similar situation decried by
he chief executive was the I.o«,s-

!»om. : ItT \ eq V ip ■* a c «* i

512.000 a Mate school at Wrentham
or research in the problem o the

mentally defective, which now has

•";;:;' bulI « >- <».«• stands ™ p ,r

The vexatious compulsory Insur
■■nee problem, the governs a
^•required '•immediate and drasUc
action. He suggested the Increased
™.y personnel and mo« S5£

d 7 i" ,0 "r U,,Uld redu « m.m-
ber of false claims, and If such a

'■"«;/"" "'»■'., said he could
„ '" ; ' "•'•»»'«ve other than a re-
l^'./'f the compulsory insurance

Alternative Taxes
The governor also asked the leg-
ators to consider a proposM to
•Peed regulators set a 30
»«ea ■"> hour on can of motor ve-
hicle law violators as a condition «.t
continued license,
on the general question of ,-ciiei

to realty u.xpavcv the ,over„„ r
'"' noting its importance, sug.
-'Med no specific remedies other
than legislation obviating the -state
tax on cities and towns assessed'

oj sne Commonwealth

As alternative sources of revenue
; " w, ' v ' r - he recommended a num-
ber of specific taxes.

These «e,e continuation of the
I 10 per cent surtax on individuals
< ? taes and corporations, doublSJ
0^ the fee. for the operation of mo?

tor trucks, an excise of 40 cents a
»ltoll on alcohol; and an incea,
five per cent of the three am , ,
half per cent share the State now'
receives from dog racing, and a tax

Z£° *** ' p "' kaK0 -AS

'•;;;'>0'ny the governor dismissed
With the statement thai recommen-
dations of department heads so f" r
on this point, were "sdarcel, worth
«>.>Mdmn K ". He expressed the hope

hetax program he suggested wouW

I'-ove a material factor in lower.
Swns*" ratC °° "» °«* "and*
eve^ P fn"' fiCd " 1C ********, how-

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BOSTON PartS -" MASS

CALL

Woonsocket, R I
__^WIU ,936 '

Townsend Pla~n~Wo~uld
Jeopardize A'ew Deal
Is Car ley In timation

BOMIIV. .,„„. , ..,.._._
Itonatod n i i „ .-„

• que reference to it , odav in

. "",;;: ■■» s» *£

istr.iin,, ■ , Roos, ' v <'" admin,
istrauon social security pla „.

ue.l K ' ma " v """'^ands of

"Hl-.nlended Americans be
'"■ve that « lu . sorU| J ' *;

"?*'" «W remarked. ■• , £f

^^"•Ita "Mich ,|
PBWto are prepared to aece
lis acceptance, houcver

, h " j J, ; o ""; d "-'<' hy othri . •

the entire peopl,.- ^

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GAZETTE

Worcester, Ma ss .

JAN 1

Gov. Curley Refers
To Townsend Plan
J As Possible Threat

BOSTON. ,,an. , (AP) _ Thp
To» nS end Plan. G„ v . , 1tun „ M
« "rley said in an oblique refer-
ence to I, today In hi. annual
message, may JeopsWBa, the
Roosevelt Administration Social
Security Flan.

™.M , T" rh manV tno »»*n«ls «f
HI-in,en,loned Americans be-

I'*- ,h »« Social security pro _
*ram does not g n far enough."
"e remarked, "in »K i j
of competent authorities ft |.

;; np p,an -«* the pot*

«re prepared to accept

"It* acceptance, hoover. m av
^jeopardised by other J£J

;v ndM ° sirM "-" | v«

-"o, the real objective ,„„„„,
"ame..v .the W e„ nrp of ,„,. ™
•'re world."

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BOSTON mass

GAZETTE

Wo 'ce8ter, Mass.

JAN J

1936

/ If and When

BOSTON, .Jan. 1 (INS)_,f
Bis tax plans are carried out
6J tttt legislature everv home
"»ner in Massarbus, tts mav

>-v[M( t a a >era a nj of $i on hb

tax bill. G ov. J ame s ML < url, v
remarked this afternoon during
the readin K f his annual mes-
={ aage.

Worcester, Mass.

MOWN GIVEN

crapy praise

Governo r Speak$ ^ ^

Mab.imng Contributions
^ io Basic Industry'

CONTROVERSY ENDS

Finds Registrar's Activities

Ethical Now, Unethical

Last Week

"V Telecram State I(„ llS e Reporter

T f ; v D ' «« «

adorneH u R ~' " - rinl

" f deflai « wen

ended , I" ' "»V?n

enaea tWs .if:, ■

Governor

P*/i •». '"""^ to hi. ff| c< and

or ,u . sW Mlon controversy

°r quit fl S registrar. Mr Goodwm

res P° nd0,i ' -t,'d ',

s to him than

nis jbOOO a yea;

w J;'.' !a >'. ,h «„ Go ^rnor called Good-
win to hi« ofr.ee and after an hour,

mf.n .1 ° ,0 P |s "ar would re-

« ° n ' nd "> 'he same

•tatement found Goodwin 1 , un\on

nctivit es ethical »k. , ,mion
ho h*A I lnlcal where last weojt
^ had termed them unethical H»
aid Godwin* artivltiM 2 ,c »[- H «
.'"had been henetleial and "hat
his latei work had been a vain. K

•ervfce to a nasi, industry" b:e

mind rwi WouM rhanpe nis

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BOSTON MASS^

GAZETTE

Worcester,

Mass.

7 NEW t AXES IN
CURLEYMESSAiit

Britt, Troy
Gangster, Given

Release

1G0WRN0R GWES 50
REC0MMEHDW0NS

' )

1 L i^OOO^Woi^Do^ment Ranges All
Len l thy w' From Income Source Problems
\ *?£% PH. Governors for Bay State
Automobiles^ . .

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j.,,*,.,..,.^ ,.„.,. .,.„.„

By CLINTON P. EOWE

Gazette State House Reporter

BOSTON, Jan. 1.— Devoting approximately thirteen thousand
words to the treatment of more than fifty recommendations,
which range all the way from new forms of taxation to a sugges-
tion for governors on automobiles to limit their speed to thirty
miles an hour, Governor Curley today delivered his annual mes-
sage to the second session of the 149th Legislature. He was heard

by the House and Senate in joint, session. ^

After speaking a half an hour* arB prepared to accept

the Governor began to be troubled
with his cold. Several times he
stopped to clear his throat or to
use his handkerchief At times

ance, however, may be jeopardized
by other plans, which, while repre-
senting good intentions and a de-
sire to solve a tremendous prob-
lem, may destroy the real objective

accommodate departments now pay-
ing an aggregate rent of $80,000
a year for space outside the build-
ing.

Suggests Governor*

Governor Curley recommended
that the duties of the Industrial
Accident Board be taken over by
the Department of Labor and In-
dustrie* and that institution nurses
be included in provisions of the
Its accept- | ' workmen's compensation act.

spectators in the rear of tne cham- .ought, namely, the welfare of the
bers were unable to hear the Chief entire people.

Dies Up Taxe*

The Governor recommended a

continuation for five years of the

extra one cent on the pas tax. a

doubled license fee for motor

Executive.

In his lengthy message, the Gov-
ernor not only made recommenda-
tions involving additional taxes

ck Wat ve program with satisfac- Ion of alcohol, an Increase in the

Mon whacked the 1935 Legislate state's take on dog ttttog from S%

in one or two instances for failure '
to pass favored legislation, dealt

to 5 per cent, a two cent tax on
each package nf cigarettes and a

'° P*" 8 Sh wlih soclaHecurUS on ^responding tax on other .tobacco
at some length with SOC1M »eror.iy i Bnn ual tax on slot

and concluded with a plea for .
commission to study taxation and
means of reducing governmental
costs.

Seven new sources of revenue :
were recommended by the Gov- .
ernor. including a two-cent tax on
cigarettes and a 40-cent tax on al-
cohol Hi» recommendation for ac-
commodation for 24.001) patients >n
State Hospitals was. in effect, a
renewal of his recommendation of
last year for a public buildings
bond issue program, although in
his message he did not discuss a
financing program.

Aside from his tax and revenue
program, and his public building-
program, vague as to OOSt, but
touching millions, the Governor
dealt with changes in court proce-
dure, retirement of judges on full
pay at 70 years of a*re, and said
that If additional personnel was not
given the Registry of Motor Vehi-
cles to cheek accidents that he m*
no alternative hut repeal of 'he
compulsory aulomobilo insurance
law.

Fvades Parole Issue

Buried far down in his address,
with only scant mention, was the
parole system, currently a subject I
of investigation by the. Governor's
Council, with some members !
launching a drive to oust the pres-
ent membership or abolish the
Parole Board altogether on the
ground that it is arbitrary in its
actions, thereby leading to prison
unrest. Radical changes In the
parole system should be taken im-
mediately, the Governor said.

The Governor's recommended tax
and revenue program, some sec-
tions of which he said, could be ap-
plied to reduction of the state tax,
which he marked for abolishment
or reduction, included continuation
of the 10 per cent surtax on in-
heritance, income and corporation
taxes. This tax was passed last
year, effective one year only.

In the following paragraph a
reference to the Townsend Plan,
opposed by the Governor, was seen:

"Although many thousands of
wall-intent ioned Americans believe
that the Social Security program
does not go far enough, In the
judgment of competent authorities
it is the one plan which the public

and a five dollar annual tax on slot
machines.

A unicameral (one body instead
of two) legislature, with the. pres-
ent membership of a House and
Senate reduced, and biennial ses-
sions were favored by the Gov-

pensation act.

More inspectors in the Registry
of Motor Vehicles to enforce a
safety campaign, with the sugges-
tion that installation of governors
on automobiles to hold their speed
at 30 miles an hour was worthy of
thought we:e among the steps,
favored by the Governor.

He recommended that the com-'
pulsory schoo', age be increased
from 14 to lfi years

A sliding scale rate fo r public
utilities, with the Department of I
Public r: title* authorized to de- '
termine a fair rate return and base
rate, along with additional em-:
ployes to handle the matter, was j
another recommendation by Gov- j
ernor Curley to the Legislature.

He advocated a uniform install- '
mfnt sales law. Among his other
recommendations were a commis-
sion to study the advisability of I
teaching economics in secondary]
schools and to adults, legislation to'
permit cities and tons to appro- i

ernor as a step for economy and pria'e money for housing projecv.
efficient methods of legislation. He ! with the State Board acting where
favored biennial sessions in his local authorities do not and revision
previous messages. nf ^a'* 1 Unemploymenl insurance

Onlv twice did the Governor laws to conform to .the Federal act.
mention work and wages, a much Would Advertise

used slogan last year and tht Gov( , rnor Cur>v rM0BUMnded

to say that the l'K'»l«' u ™ h * d P r £ that the one hundred thousand dol-
vided funds £ot ^Mrra«0»*ta appropri ation of last year .0)

but ,n such »«> ll f* /™ u "' " f ' ? advertise the recreational and otnei
make impossible the ™n>plete ful- , m , f , hf , uu be msd(1

oilmen of the pledge of work and jM^ •• ^.^ 1

wages.' There was a fling ^ at * * f , ..„ ( .„ ncerva . : .

Federal agencies in th.s ^onnecUon h _ ^ ,,,

After dealing with SOeW justice to ^ Governor!

some extent the governor said

that both state and Federal govern- r £ on , hp fo ^ ^^t insurance.1
ments have their limitations and hRrf Wn decr?i , ?Pd M p „ centi in .;
that private Indus try must he t fac(or of { coverage

looked to for the ultimate transfer "

of the unemployed to employment, elimination under an act of

19S5 Legislature.

Renewal cf a 1035 recommends- ;
tion for a suitable war memorial,]
leg.slation to encourage hanks to j
lend money to business and for
home construction »nd a law to j
make it a criminal offense to prac-

New Rutland Buildings

Although he did not mention a
bond issue as such. Governor Cur-
lev outlined an extensive list of
needs in buildings in the Depart-
ment of Mental Diseases, said new-
buildings should be built at the j ^ " " \^yjeiiis or eurgery without
Rutland Sanatorium and outtined propcr credentials from the Plate
penal Institution needs. While of- g oarn r j Registration in Medicine

were other suggested measure* in
the lengthy list offered by the Gov-
ernor.

"With faith in Almighty God and
animated by the lesson fortitude
and courage, a rentage decreed vu
bv the Pilgrim Fathers, may «

pe-
tering no suggestion as to financ-
ing, he termed the needs Imper-
ative.

Turning to the judiciary he rec-
ommended voluntary retirement of'
judges at the age of 70 at full pay.
subject to call when required and
if physically fit. He recommended

with high resolve the ta#k )
that justices and clerks of District j !frX on u n . us and mav the fruit
Courts be barred from practice on l_. our efforts reflect not onlv wis- 1
the civil side of their courts Wi . . service of an ennobling
addition to the restriction imposed •■ f th _ roplp nf the entira
by the Supreme Court that they \\ commorwep.V.h ." the Governor
cannot appear as counsel in cvum- 1 ( clo , inc h \ t address.

lnal cases in any court. |

Another group of proposals in- 1
eluded demolition of the State Pris-
on at Charlcstown and erection of

a receiving station on Its site, ad-
ditional facilities at the Norfolk

Prison colony, living quarters for

1500 additional employes st state

hospitals under the 48-hour week.

a hospital for the criminal Insane

and an addition to the State House

at a cost of one million dollar* to

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Worcester, Mass.

JAN 1 1936

JAN 1 193b

CURLEY BLAMES LEGISLATURE
U. S. FOR WORK AND WAGES
FAILURE

SUGGESTS ENTIRELY NEW
SANATORUJMAT RUTLAND

Charlestown Pmon_and_Clear All Mums

Puts Blame on Legislature

Th* failure of the Legislature to
acT prompUy. coupled with the tar-
fy Adoption of a program b the

ESd- onhfciU-ns who have heen

" nab ? e ;u" e s t n h fluffs

and in many cases aKe ncies.

both Federal and State K been

Wl 2i iv'ailahTe hough "legislative
, m dfi available eBtth of

actlon v^Jtts employment has
Massachusetts, ei»i i d

been furnished transferred from
women have been tiansre ^ ^ ^

women have i been ^ ^ - t „
welfB ttl l 'bveverV fo^ard-looking
, t « attract or Governor Curie/, annua/ «•«-»• «• «*^ t *UlvS
C.^TM— • -— "*" - "" **1S^S and St,

. accepted by ^ both the

State intelligent individual tn ntfl

S " »« jfLffi-'W that in

Ho „„ wnere fne Senate and" Hou,e_ot_KP -——-—£-£ the last analyse it for the

"° * ti,. ndnntion bv the lSdS ^egi= i-j^sti'V that we mu->. ,,nem-

and

fn7IdbpUon-ir^^^ *•,£} £?£ must look for the
Jure of a State Unemployment ^^ tranrfe^^ ^

S e^elTdepressron eve; visited the

* 8 or g,e tne American people. In pre

upon ^""|rtj e very Amer-

SSTS Twaa my belief at wjHjj oi »» " "_— a u n~ of""the program
o f the assemblage of th Leg*la J^,' justice should represent
ture in 1935. »at a P °S » £ J f a new day and a new

work and wa .f/' a b n T subdivisions era in the life of the nation

Workmen's Compensation Act

Among the m^aeures o^ P^

importance e " a ° k l ^ en . g com pensa-

dealing with w ^« m ^" end „f the

tion, which '"^i^of discontinuing

.r's arrayed the same IC "- V ""'"' rv tion, wmci. " t "~". d iscontin

P K ments that have opposed eveiy trocioU3 practice of «W j

day in 193b wo "" f "red from wel- S-eat reform in the history of the tB to persons pern

&SSMSS ^. ^prosper- & tl0 n, actuated J»J«|i--a- U, rttf* *«* ■**

form in me m>""j -* — - payments w F«"-~- - , of

iari-rolls to ^--"^63 ! S^ai" eS^ ^K' »^ fig

U ^ S ° fr^indivdua! seeking op- ^ of Confiscation of P^ „T ayme.t during ^•»£*g

no worthy in ^\^ a the talento of which not infrequently hae been | ^ individ ual. Equal

portumty to e» i y wmch God accun

of five
'ision
me of

Fnuallv important

which not lu "^"~"^t -"..«-» ! the individual. y.. ,,„,.

F« * -- hand with which God accumulated through the sweating

brains and nana v

ting I the individual. ■ ^~J' th0 worker

aoUr of Federal B«'~"-r: m . viJe
ens and their inability to piovwe
w-. lk and wages within a reason

, at In time. ... ih -. n a d-

In the Commonwealth this M
ministration has discharged Its poi

=f sSiSS 1 2«1=3ii=|H=H

tha Legislature, which P r ovdtd
funds not only grudgingly but in
such limited amount as to maite
' Impossible the complete fulfillment
1 of the pledge of work and wages.
Social Justice Program
We are embarking upon a pro-
gram of social justice that five
years ago would have been re-
garded as the quintessence of so-
cialism.

we^intenuoned' Americans believe ^Xdt^V^-er help-
That the Social Security prog ^^1 ln prlvaUon t0 his

does not go far WjWU*™ | dependents.
ifWM fftSfiSi ffc I B L Eanlza t.on of Bepartment of
are prepared to accept. Its accept, r and lndustrle8 and

SyS^SS -hih! whC r r d ep r t Industrial Accident Board ,

by other plan s, Uong and a d e- Many fundamental changes must

senting good ™ tremendo Us prob- be made here in Massachusetts to |

sire to s0 , lve . vnV t he real objective translate the principle of economic '

lem, may tlesuj uy welfare of the j Ua tice into law.

sought, nameiy, _
entire people.

B ,jl\i>\U&*^

.Reorganization of the Depig-
ment of Labor and Industries is
essential if the interests of employ-
er, employee and taxpaye; alike
are to be served. This department
will not fulfill the functions neces-
sary under modern conditions un-
til it combines an adequate and re-
liable reporting of our current
trade and Industry with the com-
petent planning of a state-wide
program.

Legislation Is necessary to per-
mit the Department of Labor and
[ndustrles to take over the Indus-
trial Accident Board's duties, and
I trust it will be authorized
promptly.

Employment of Minors

With the 0X0001 unemployed
adults seeking work and wages for
the maintenance of themselves and

their families, 1 renew the recom-
mendations of last year, since no
excuse seems to exist, for a con-
tinuance Of- <hc employment of
boys r.nd girls under the age of 1*.
If the years'of employment are
to be shortened, if Is much easier
to keep these children in school.
at least until they are 16. so that
they may more aptly earn their
way when they do start. Good
citizenship as well as personal op-
portunity necessitates the raising
of the school-leaving age from It
to 16.

INIU STKI.M. AM) KCONOMIC
Compulsory Insurance
i For the first time since the law
hns been in effect a definite halt j

hern made in the steadily In-
creasing cost of placing a car on
, ,d. The cost of compulsory
Insurance Is fused upon claim pay-
ment, and all of our efforts In I >«
field of accident prevention will I ■'
nullified unless we can keep down
the cost of chum payment*

,\ definite forward step has been
taken In this matter In the elimin-
ation of the guest from comj i
insurance.

Now thai <he guest baa been
eliminated from this law we should
turn public attention to another

weak spot - the occupant of the

non-negligent car. While we have

the greatest sympathy for any on.'
who is riding in a car and is in-
jured by the negligence of some
me else', we must, nevertheless,
realize that claims in this class
have grown from 14.000 in 1827
■to 88,000 In 1934. The remarkable
part of the picture is that 32.000
out Of the 89,000, in 1934. represent
claims for less than $100.

In the same period of time there
has been no appreciable increase
In the claims made and paid for
death and injury of pedestrians on
the highways of the Common-
wealth, so that it must be appar-
ent to every thoughtful individual
that th«re is serious question as to
the validity of the large number of
the 39,000 claims by occupants of i
automobiles that were made i.i
1934 and an equally large if not
larger number for the year 193a.
I renew my recommendation of
a year ago that additional inspect-
ors be authorized in the Registry
of Motor Vehicles, and that the
law relating to report of accidents
be strengthened. In addition it is
worthy of your consideration
whether violators of the automo-
bile laws may not be required In
install governors on their cars,
limiting operation to 30 miles per
| hour as a condition of continued
i license.

WAR MEMORIAL IN STATE
ON GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM

He Would Raise Taxes on Slot Machines and Rac-
ing, Double Truck Levies and Retire
Judges on Full Pay

Delivers Annual Message

GOVKKNOR CI RI.F.Y

Mortgage Interest Rates

The reduction in mortgage inter-
est rates from 6 per cent to 5'i
per cent, which it has been est i-

Committee on Consumer Credit, to
which I assigned the difficult taw
of drafting a uniform instalment .
sales law that would guarantee
protection and a square deal to !

mated represents a saving to the i ( ^ e public, and at the same time I
people of the Commonwealth of ap- M-establish the confidence In iu- 1
proximately $12,000,000. has been 1 gtalment buying that is essential' |

a contributing factor in the light-
ening of the burden of the home
owner, but in view of the pleni-
tude of monev and the low interest
rates paid by the fiduciary insti-
tutions, there ts, in my opinion.
need for further reduction

Instalment Buying

One of the additional measures
SSWentlsl to the further protection
of the public, both from exploiters
and from themselves, is a uniform
instalment sales law. With that
need in mind, I appointed last
Spring, from the membership of
the Governor's Advisory Commit-
tee, a subcommittee known as the

to the protection of this important
industry.

The commission has filed its re-
port together with a recommended ]
b'll The Committee on Consumer
Credit fullv agrees with the find-
ings of the commission and fa-
vors the passage of the proposed

The report shows that manv
sellers of many different commodi-
ties are now charging, on unpaid
balances, rates well above 100 per
cent per annum. It la my convic-
tion that few, if any. merchanti
would charge the exorbitant rate!
1 cited in the report of the eommis

/*!on, if all instalment sellers were
required by law to hand each buy-
er, at the time of sale, a simple
contrac* in which the total carry,
ing charge was stated as a true
per cent, per month on the unpaid
balance.

The law proposed by the com-
mission would help, and it should
be passed. The law fails to reach,
however, a majority of the cases
of reprehensible instalment sales,
for the law regulates only the
finance companies. It provides no
control over dealers. The com-
mission rightly urges that consid-
eration be given to a feasible and
just means of regulating all in-
stalment sales. With this opinion,
the Committee on Consumer Credit
concurs, and has drafted a bill
designed to accomplish that pur-
pose.

Economic Education
An electorate well-grounded in
the principles of economic democ

and towns in which no housing au-
thority exists, or in which such au-
thority as exists is inactive, the
State Board of Housing be author-
ized to proceed under proper limi-
tations with a low-cost housing
project, whether it relates to new
houses or the rehabilitation of
sound but obsolete existing struc-
tures, and that State funds be ap-
propriated to meet the cost of such
projects.

Unemployment Insurance
One of the outstanding achieve-
ments of the year 1935 was the
creation of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission.

The law was enacted prior to its
I adoption by the Federal govern-
ment and that maximum compen-
sation under the Federal program
I mav not be denied the Common-
wealth I respectfully urge the
adoption of such amendments to
the existing law as may be neces-
sary to the end that it conforms to

^ v «-trn S o^ the%roVi*0 M of the Federa. act.
fives will not be easily deceived.
The need for economic education,
I submit, is imperative

I renew, accordingly, my recom-
mendation that steps be taken to
promote economic education, not
only in the secondary schools, but

I among the adult population. I ac-
cordingly now recommend, specifl-

' cally, that a commission be organ-
ized to study the situation and re-
port, its findings and recommenda-
tions.

Housing

The return of prosperity which
has definitely begun should mark
an end of the custom that has ob-
tained during the past five years of
two or more families sharing a
home, or an apartment. thereby
causing a demand for homes, and
making necessary a building con-
struction program.

Last year the Legislature, m ac-
cordance with my recommendation,
enacted legislation providing for
the establishment of "housing au-
thorities," with power to enter upon
slum clearance and low-cost hous-
ing projects. The statute then en-
Sled provided for the receipt by
housing authorities of aid from the
federal government. Three hous-
ing authorities have been organ-
Md under the act, but no grants
of federal funds- have been made
n\ anticipated, for the federa of-
ficers have now taken the position
that no grants will be made to to-
iknnsUiir authorities unless the
state o™ municipality in which
the project is located makes a sub-

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Public Safety

The advantages enjoyed by or-
ganized crime through speedy mo-
tor vehicles, the radio, able attor-
neys and other agencie^ cannot be
successfully combated until such
time as a portion of the fetters
with which legal restrictions bind
law-enforcing agencies have been
removed. The Seventy-thud Con-
gress enacted an interstate com-
pact permitting co-operative efforts,
through agreements between two
or more States, through which the
haven of refuge ever in the past
open to the criminal world, known
as the border line between States,
may be eliminated, and the law-en-
forcing officials of one State per-
mitted to pursue law violators into
another State.

I accordingly recommend the
enactment of such legislation as
will permit of the immediate adop-
tion of the provisions now permis-
sible in consequence of Federal
legislation recently enacted.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN-
TION

Unicameral Legislature

In rny inaugural message I rec-
ommenced that the size of the Leg-
islature be reduced by diminishing
the number of members of the two
branches, and with sessions held
biennially.
The chief advantage of these
the project 18 '°f a " a t the cost f changes- would be an obvious econ-
stantial contribution to the | ^ ^ ^.^ ^ ^ hard . pressed

the project. mcnd that the taxpayers. I not only adhere to this

I therefore recomm end t ^ at the present tim. but I

housing authority a« auth or- am convinced that still further

year be * mended ^ t0 raise and economies might be achieved
lze cities and towns : it through the adoption of the uni-

appropnatc money ^.^.^^ within cameral legislature similar to the
over to housing am asg i st in system now in operation in Ne-

their limits in ° rde J " prance braska.

the prosecution 01 »™ guch | There ia n0 need for tw o cham-

and low-cost housing proj optional | bers today. Historically, the Sen- |
I appropriations snouia u i the | aU| 0r .. uppel .» house, was to act
with the cities and *™7' d gno uld an an aristocratic check on the
amount to be ftPP r °P r . ia ..,°,, va i ue more democratic "lower" house,
be limited to the capita ^ a t simnar to the English Lords-Com-
of the annual loss sustained < y mQns relaUonsni „ Y et the pro-

cities in the maintenance i or x ^ of UUcal democracy haa

sub-standard area to °e cleaiea * mascu i a tcd the House of Lords,

Inmany instances wheie there ^s ^ ^^ ^

need of slum clearance and low i
cost housing, the municipal authn"

!!!__ .11, i_ *„1, « +V

tee that exists to reconcile the dif-
ferences in a measure passed by
both houses, and that often ends
by producing a -*i\\ that is satis-
factory to nobody. These secret
meetings of conference committees
are undemocratic, uneconomic, un-
desirable — yet absolutely necessary
under our present two-house sys-
tem.

Furthermore, the unicameral
system enables us to place respon-
sibility, and to conduct the busi-
ness of government efficiently and
economically.

I therefore recommend the adop-
tion of a constitutional amendment
to make the unicameral Legisla-
ture possible, a reduction in mem-
bership, and biennial sessions.

Retirement of Judges

Our system of judicial selection
and tenure has preserved the in-
dependence, and consequently the
impartiality, of our judiciary, and
has attracted to the service of the
Commonwealth judges who have
ranked among the best in this
country or abroad. The defect in
our system has been the absence
of a workable provision for the re-
tirement of judges who, because of
age, can no longer meet complete-
ly the requirements of the office.

Accordingly I recommanded the
enactment of legislation permitting
a judge of any of the three
courts of State-wide jurisdiction,
upon reaching the age of seventy,
to retire voluntarily at full salary
from full active service, just as
Federal judges now may do. Pres-
ent judges of greater age should
be given a reasonable time in
which to elect to retire on the
(same terms. Judges so retired
should remain bound, as they are
not bound under the Federal sys-
tem, to perfoim such service as
permit, upon, request of the Chief
Justice of the court. There is- al-
ways need of such additiona
service. The Supreme Judicial
| Court has long been overworked,
i and the Superior Court has long
been unable to keep up with its
> business. Retired judges could be
I very useful.

and 1U OUI uwn Diatc it».n tuuu-

- i natelv made both our Senate afld
cost housing, the mun.cipa amn ,. "^g e of Rep ,. e3 entatives tru-

ities prove unwilling to take me om n™ h „ dipq

j initiative, and in each case, how- ly democratic bodies.

lever great the need, the State Board
1 of Housing under .existing legislri-
I tlon is without authority to take

Avoids Committees
One great advantage in the unl-

tlon is without authority to take " ? T e£ri9 i a ture is that it does
any steps to relieve the situation. I cameral .,V?L' conference commit-
recommend, therefore, that In cities , awav wl,h the c° nreience tu

ADMINISTRATION

Mental Diseases
The problem of the proper care
of mental defectives demands seri-
ous consideration couple with
courageous action by the Legisla-

The Department of Mental Dis-
eases supervises 16 State institu-
tions, 13 for the care of the men-
tally ill and three for the feeble-
minded. The working capacity of
the State hospitals caring for the
former was 17,671 as of Nov. 1.
1935. Into this space were crowd-
ed 21,023 patients. This figure
shows 3200 (or. roughly, 17 per
cent) patients more than the work-
ing capacity of the hospitals justi-
fies, thus making difficult proper
| segregation, retarding recovery,
and making very uncomfortable
the living conditions of permanent
patients.

The department believes that a
unit caring for not more than two
thousand patients is the maximum
' for efficient administration. Be-
fore adding greater housing facili-
ties to existing institutions the
money allowed this department
from the bond issue of 1933 and
the PWA haa been largely spent
for renewing outmoded and inef-
i flclent service accommodations,
i and enlartrintr those possible of en-

terwrnentT The institution., for the
mentally II] should '
accommodate two

e of four 'cording i„ ♦h.T. e . r .,' ,0, ' lW « «f re

i-^uwimu ior t n e •■■• was considers . , , ^^™"

uld be enlarged to /'" "tandpoint „ f Sf t » Ie >v from or
«W» thousand pa " Md « of the unfor?' T and «" an,
Peedily as possible. i ""^ disregarded na ' -■-«* for

n the enlargement L. ' ho neglect of «f, ( „ _. . •

surgeon witnout th P r»„„,,.
™ & 7A th such Provisions as

The RnHotJT ^ ,n Me dicine.

which wa the f ate Sanat °rium.
its kin^.1 ^ e first . institution of

ss^sge? ««**« ss^SS

£3£ eg- 3 *? 3 -** *

I notice operation at short

Says Service Improved
tio? e fo , r e 'sta te ty H!f h l h , OUrl< « te,a -

ha.o4.7i Hospital employes

ha, given greatly improved wrvice

but there remain thirteen hundred
and twenty-four additional

we "ho, h " g f r be tol ^ated and
„: n ' ld . m _ Ce ' a condition and a

a We, there should be r
quarter* provided for at leasTflf
teen hundred,

The three state schools under

thi« department are taking care «J

V hu;ui ""' and Bft; , n e patients

-" °o Po»sible\ccommo dationri^— ^ ^V™*** wit » *-
i , lf ' h '-" •enools virere brou
to a two thousand working ,

; 1 ,;"; , r°' ,h " «taun« Stag

would be remedied and about one
I thousand could be taken off the

azards, be-
Jily of
nd re-

Public Utilities vide'Yor'the", * aVai!a ™e'tTp°ro-

| The reduction in the rates for tures without £ anW'* Struc "
I electric power in the homes, which m * the operat on of £* y lmpai '-
PUt to, operation in April of «»MpitallxattaS ftafita? ' P '' eSen '
will represent during the Additional accorrm ^ '.•
twelve-month period a savfng in "mployes fiiiM^^^ ^ for
excess of two billion dollars o f( "™ here and «\ ^S de P ar tment
users .of electricity, and the commls- Cancer Hwp „, '* * h * P <*dvllle
:^. d :.^ a e _ d . to ^rtect a sliding PWvision should be S3?"J a » d
ST^SH ,P dl " ing ,he P--en d t e /e° a r r. the

.State House Building
annual expenditure /„_
e„r should ultimately result in a te " 'eased for he „«" „ i qUar "
further substantial savins i„ ..,„ rnents of th» *♦„.„ . us , e of depart-

dustry and fidelity during the past

I is greatly ni eded

Discusses Bridgewater

talfoi the criminally Insane there

3ta te Hospital usually
Hos

mailable upon «■>-,, ,"" '~ liue "
structure 1? ° e,ect a

•tate could h . departn, ents of
W located as ?„° U ' ed that are

" and retard efie^° Ve . eXpen -
lu«« r . t VL a "oewncy m the
business of the

further substantial saving in "the mpn ^ °f~ the^ti™ tod's vu d -

charges for electricity. MM Of eighty th,. V ' n ex "

r recommend the following: ' ^thftanding the fact i^™*,'

" T ' ; '>"'--'' : & tSe rmi,"' t n le D ? artm -« of Pubiic avanah^.fj?^^ . b 7 tuTtSt.™*
"i 1 ," 1 " waiting list would „,'d n „v « " amhorized «o determine
additional school of two thousand 7 ^."S 60 * with U,p companies.
iv Obviously an extra .chool »( ° thprw,se ' flrst ' a f air rate of

18 "aatlv ' •-■« hot " rp, *"n: second, a fair rate base- ■

andth.rd. the basis of participation conduct of t
by the public and companies in state e

^electricity in the Comm ^ ffitf^^^,**!

^V°^ C T^ ^ 2* the the 2au e ^X°' 3n addit ^
. tan of the Department of Pub- <-apuoi.

l„' !lHfs b0 . re-enforced to ade- *»»*»«• Planning Board

bershlp without ,e of mem "
the outstanSVn COm P cnsa tion by
^.„__ I _ Uts . ,andlr 'P authoriti.. ,.1

Provides. TETpnSHtf

Norfolk State HosDital

Ptoal for the ffi"^ c The 1035 session of the Genera, Pining 1^^^^ rities on
e, he Department of Correo- ..,? , P K?° ,cd a bin authorizing a most no ' hp „ C ° mm °nwealth, is
• whereas r believe that the Sf* "« w *»bment of the Norfolk ment eworthy accompiuh-

it, th.„! S,ate Hospital for the crimin-m. The State p, ,

Planning Board has
'e study,
er plan

^ W „„ Ch t0 J ust, fy the placing n> and su.lt.RT?. 1 ? ?. f navigation

Because this is ranersJIv h-n

Care of Mental Cases

insane would' ^'„'i ""' eases.

C"e of Mo„, u i r.„„. ^^^0'/ lel^' , , Pr, """ 1 end the en-

erirnina VS™**?. maki '^' '« «

Ih 1935 the ques tin , S „* ,- » to "*««» «"*Wng' I a

Proper accommodat Tor ^ >f P rovidi "^ fine Ind oflense ' Punishable by a
cental defcrHvJr*''?"* _ f °r the !?,"' f"? mpnronmcnt. for «n„ 1- i

ar «sws j£j£gaa a-Kg^^si as. aar JtaaS-g

and expense.

Finance

The borrowing P f money both bv
the state and the cities and town,
renders necessary recourse to
' outside Massachusetts A

s^^^^^^TmTi"

■■■^^^^^TT-v veUeceri ami emphasized id the averB ge for t approX i-

^ , , cltv and town ently ie» The onp a nd only s whic h is sam

j= ^ { state city C om- the public ™™ therc ,„ unanim-'^ centg . lncreaS ing

Unds in banks ou side 01 rec- | noint upon wh.cn ^.^ . g d mate thought of in and

Lnwealth Is esse* t-j lon bejlty rfW**"^ "ring about thai Jg» whcr e so ely £ c c oinmen d-
fmmended that >S cw|rftf , j* ed .How » ntrovergla i in the ex JJjP^ d nip , lt * * aUo n

& o?rL^-te"^ ^eHeve that the time Income ed t^the^es Massachusett

^institutions for ;bu» n ess£ a means! I ^ ve a thorough study ^ of the o le 4 * , that toy charged

free cash bala " ,... ccst free cash attention »v«P ™ the de- marking ot . e 9 for the pur

fund, but also the 1 a Re 9t »«y au^ , "£*& the re- on alcoho.cbeve.aB mcluded m

balance during » ie $ ^ 86 , 43.34. In ^opmeht of a £° t ^overnment poses which now am .

ln the amount °t* nce the gen n , the cost rf g ap . the gocia , Secur y

addition to this n^>* cnsh ther efore "^""^ion of rec- ' It is recommendea Ueag .

eral fund there was amo^ &mount |

o"f $371,085.05.

gJS fund. In add'"" q{ 40 ce nts

Si nutrict Courts be estaui ne cessary tunas owners beveiage T i evlei

the Dis , u \,J f basis presiding jus he avily upon the nome Wn nld B° ost B , „j bv

be SM» -&2 2S £ Pre«nt ancejh \Jgfe. prevent any ap

Tue definitely identi- *«£" RacinR (^— g ,
fount sufficient to bal- the B ig35 wasW 1 ^ {or

to - justices m --;- fur- IP"* '".r" e ' en ditures proposed, the > ue from** gta ,

be mai comm y en°d n hat "eV^fe^con^ona M' -»!«?£« ^2LSSff«M •»«

ther rec ° m J n m une ration of special iab i e addH

s V s ^..°i Polished, and that spe- P^ from

ture3 proposed. tne Revenue t^wedbv "he state
be mad c omm y end thai the P--"\ I P^sent conditions prevent £, ap~ *" ^Ig^g^S^S
ther rec ° mm ^,,neration of special iab i e addition to the ■« Racing Com fo uows: 8% P cl „!-.

PENAL "SSTtUTIONS

prisons

mv recommendations
I reneW ™\o the abandonment
iwith «* erenc °£ on at Charlestown

Racing w~- f ,i 0WS : A ft v^ 1 t117
divided aJ *J»°*. breakage, $1"
tax purees mu,- T - T injury I ha^e, ^^uon license ^^

can contribute furn lsh » d " 5)5„, in increase in l " Racing

should be required to W the $5308. An fey the sUte K

di »ional revenue to essential to ^.^ the P &

a re^^^ton^aklngprovetoM^ M and town B ttt ab of a t ^ e inequ.- v^cd the ^ i„c.ea

tion of legis--" " unt for su.table lievinR real of Itate oi je . tainea app roxima ng o a<; _

in a sufficen t am {or per . burden that >t w n ob - J « uc pillion dolla.s, and

" her6in 1U be c edited to the Gen-
revenue will be ci ist m the

'eral Fund and *>" te Tax and
elimination of t owner _

las possible. ,_„„„t

_j Tlrtrenchmeiit
Revenue and J*ea _

The. Special C*Jg^g "fcbapteS

.Wished under authoiuy Jn .

,63 of the Resolves of ^ aUon of
, vestifeate and study tne rope rty

tan K ible and in W8* ' w fort h
, and related m»to D » .

a report as complete a* «' of

ed time and limited ejources
..the commission Pf«^ d - m4sg lon
1 The members of the commiw
^themselves do not appeal to be
\\ agreement with all of the i
MrI„^ a Hnns -oroposed, Howpvi

arcn.ua «■•- ;„ K „ P „ prouini. --.-"-
upon other *»bJW»Jl thB Geh

«" UP<), \ . 6 s n^TSSSfium-aSl'SSSrA thus Roving the
Source of revenue which will tend a merchants of the

llome owner n pr incipl not ^ lbu "nment, and as

In recognition OI ^ in so m. support of fcovt re more

that a tax structure should , ^^ deV ice B tend to ^

Pf its aspect* have ^ n ^ fty SW,*^,,,,,^ a fee

continuation fm a P ^ f ,

tnai a i°-~ -- . v . „ broad base, i <■"»== . th s maii a."" 1 '

t, f , ts aspects have ah r . od ^ fl l ffv r ^ a f(

continuation foi » i the lm of trade.lt i a - be p i ac ,

years is 'f^Sdltlonal tax o.\o ■ a« ^%£j^ m e, the receir

•Ue^='d^ot appear io be in poe.Uon o^ gasoline^ Masj on ^^ p

! U^w difference of opinion is appar- | eachgalio. Miuetince co m.

j 11113 U" , u>civ »n umca i ""' "

Wivu/sw*-^-^

■^

Recreational Development

Co-operation upon the part of the
New England States Is directing
the attention of the public to the
recreational advantages and the
benelits to be derived from a soj-
ourn in New England proved bo
beneficial, both ilnancially and oth-
erwise, in 1935 a » to justify a con-
inuance of the appropriation for
1J.16. Even more important than
he increased revenue received wa<
the recognition upon the part of
government officials of the New
England States as to the impor-
tance of joint action upon major
problems affecting the industrial
and commercial interests of the
six Stat. .

Harvard College Tercentenary

I recommend the adoption by
your honorable bodies, the Senate
of Massachusetts and the House of
Representatives, of a joint resolu-
tion making provision for the ap-
pointment of a committee to repre-
sent the Commonwealth of Masia
ehusetts in the exercises to be held
upon the tercentenary of the es-
tablishment of Harvard College
September IS, 1936.

War Memorial
Gratitude for the services ren-
dered by the citiaena of Massachu-
setts who served during the period
of the World War ran best be ex-
i • ed through the erection of a
memorial structure of sufficient
size to provide accommodations for
veterans of all wars. I according v
recommend for your consideration
e irly authorization of an ap-
propriation for the erection of such
a memorial.

Conclusion
The necessity for increased econ-
omy in the departments of the
State government as a means of re-
ducing the burden borne by the
home owners and by industry is a
■tlbject that Is engrossing the at-
tention of every ritizen of the
Commonwealth at the present
time.

I accordingly *commend the ap-
pointment of a committee, consist-
ing of members of the two
branches of the Legislature, not
to exceed six in the aggregate
with a committee of ten represent-
ing the real estate and business
interests of the Commonwealth, to
study and report upon a program
through which a reduction in the
cost of operating the activities ,,f
the state may be possible.

Worcester, Mass.

JAN 1 i9 3b

L. ! 1 | " liV WTra COVSCtL

ay telegram stat,- Mm... »

„ BOSTON. De' ■?, Keporlrr

( ""'"v aligned himself"? '"
ernor'a Council w " h * Gov -

■ Stat,. Board of
move by Coun-

. „, ". L '1" r Proceeding,

arges

■' Coun, . , ,.. . ~ ' '•-•-• ■

I ^Itb his
■ taken,
councilors who :, ' d 0,h *r

and th ited s, «<*

ator„ .ifZ 1 . !, h ' Reform

2 Park Square
BOSTON MASS.

GAZETTE
Worcester, Mass.

J/ Wl 1936

GAZETTE

Worcester, Mass.

J JN i mb

G °v*rnor Chides
i Legislature f or
"Grudging" Funds

rSZ£ r^s^-^ 2

P'»*r.m. up „n whlrh hp JJ
Palgned i n 19 ,, 4 e oar "-

The reference w „ , (h

Mnd, no, only C r„di„ e lv, hill Z
-h limited ».„„„„, „,,„ *£*

Major Proposals in

I Gov. Curley's Message

S^fl S ,°: rCCS &f rCVenUe ° r taXati0n #°*»*, including
^ two-cent tax on e.garettes and cormpowHng tax on other

tobaccos, cont nuation of the ovt^ ^L
initiation of 10 per cent surtax a In ZTT* ^ *"* COr>

aicoho.. $5 tax on s^Tirji;; L°z? d \z z r r Umm

and doubled motor truck fees. treasecl takp on dog racing

Abolishment or reduction „f slat*, lav through -...nil
cation of some of the recommended revenu^ ava '

of M °I 1 l "! far: , rotir, ' nl ' >nf « f **•■■ 0> full pav at the aire

h J ;ehe J " ct /° m>a " for **» if n! S -.-...v fit. 5

help relieve congested court dockets

'tice ™1nTciv\fsif ^ DLStHCt C ° UrtS barrcd from rrac-

a mlon III £ r UPnt fa,m ' ■''«>■ '" »*« hospitals.
siaL oTtl lite '° St0Hn ^ " r " , * i " n "< " ™» *«■

"aw if accidenTare not redS "^ aUt0m0Me lnSUranCC

A slidin K scale rate for publi, ..initios, v,jth the De
Parlm ; ^ of P))blj( , ^^ ^ _ J™ JjjJ»J» JJ

DepaS^ s ^brr'td^^ir Board * *- sia -

in ih c e r se, , !!;i" f a < r , : ,ission ,o su,dv «*»»** «**>***

the secondary schools and among the adult population

lures and TeS" 5 25 ^^ mUm ^ ««* W*

lures and methods of reducing governmental costs.

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GAZETTE

Worcester, Mass.

J AN 1 1936

Nearly Everything But Economy

Compared with his first message to the Leg-
islature, a year ago, Governor Curley's recom-
mendations today seem little more than routine
proposals. Reform was still in the air, when he
took office, and it seemed natural enough for
him to suggest a general revamping of the state
administration.

Now his tone is quite changed. The year
1936, he assures us, will mark the end of the
depression. No very radical reforms are urged.
To be sure, in repeating his proposal for bien-
nial sessions of the Legislature, he suggests the
elimination of the Senate, and the merging of all
legislative functions in a single chamber.

Last year, he wanted to have the Executive
Council abolished. Now that he dominates that
body, he seems willing to have it retained. He
repeats his previous proposals for allowing Su-
perior Court judges to retire at the age of seven-
ty, and for placing district court judges on a
circuit basis, which in time would give us full-
time district judges, and would eliminate the
special justices.

These are constructive measures which have
been too long delayed. The same may be said
of the Governor's repeated demand for the aboli-
tion of the old Charlestown State Prison as a
custodial institution. But, as he would transfer
the convicts to Norfolk, this would pretty def-
initely end what remains of the experimental be-
ginnings of prison reform which were started
years ago by Sanford Bates and carried through
by Dr. A. Warren Stearns.

Last year's attempt to scrap the compulsory
automobile insurance law was blocked in the
Legislature. The Governor approves the elimi-
nation of guest coverage from the law, which
was done last year, and he makes a guarded at-
tack upon the law itself. Unless more highway
inspectors are provided, he implies, the compul-
sory insurance act will have to be abandoned.
This, to put it frankly, is nonsense. But he does
suggest a curb on speed through applying gov-
ernors to the cars of drivers convicted of speed-
ing.

The program of "work and wages," on which
he campaigned for election, has plainly failed to
realize the promise he held out for it. This he
blames upon the Legislature, which cut down
his bonding proposals, and blames also, in part,
upon the slow-moving federal machinery at
Washington. In any event, he feels that he has
discharged his part of the obligation he assumed
on taking office.

A large portion of the present message is de-
voted to a discussion of the broad question of
social justice, which he sees threatened by selfish

and reactionary interests. He would strengthen
the workmen's compensation law and the un-
employment and old age insurance laws, and
would raise the school age to sixteen years, as
an aid to labor.

The state hospitals are overcrowded, and he
calls attention to the fact that a new hospital
for mental patients was authorized at Norfolk,
but no funds were provided for building it. He
would have this hospital constructed, at a cost
of $1,750,000, would build a million-dollar addi-
tion to the State. House, and would spend per-
haps as much more in erecting quarters for the
attendants at state institutions who were added
under his forty-eight-hour law, and in putting
up other state buildings.

While this is a more moderate spending pro-
gram than his "work and wages" plan, it brings
up the inevitable question of revenue. The Gov-
ernor has heard the widespread demand for
economy, but he would refer this question to a
special committee for study— and postponement.
Meanwhile he wants to wipe out the state tax
on real estate by finding new sources of rev-
enue. His specific suggestions are to double the
fees on trucks, while keeping the present three-
cent gasoline tax, to place a tax of forty cents
a gallon on alcohol, take more from the dog
racing game, and put a two cent tax on cigar-
ettes and tobacco, already overtaxed, and a five
dollar tax on slot machines.

It Is clear from all this that, if he seriously
intends to make any reduction in the burden on
real estate, he must do it by shifting part of the
present state tax onto incomes, as was done last
year. And there is no assurance that, in making
the shift, he would not swell the revenue to pro-
vide for increased spending. The one thing which
evidently has not sufficiently impressed the Gov-
ernor is that the only way to relieve real estate
is to reduce state expenditures. This message of-
fers small hope of economy. If the program of
spending is to be stopped, the public must look
to the Legislature to stop it.

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Worcester, Mass.

JAN I ] Wb

Curley Stresses
Aid to Realty in
Annual Message

Calls on Legislature for

Elimination of

State Tax

ECONOMY KEYNOTE

New Revenue Program
Would Increase Gaso-
line I^evy

(Spi Ofal tO Th. Pott)

STATE HOUSE, Boston. Jan. I—
With (iiminatioti of the state lax as
a means of directly relieving the bur-
den on real estate and the need for
economy in government as the keynote
of his message. Gov. James M. Curlev
addressing b joint convention of the
Senate and House of Representative*,
in the first meeting of the i9:i6 legis-
lative session, outlined a new tax pro-
gram and proposed a study which j
would put the Commonwealth's budget I
system on a real debit and credit'
standard.

To raise sufficient new revenue to !
make it passible to wipe out the pres-
ent, $10,000,000 state tax now as- I
sessed on the cities and towns of the |
Commonwealth. Governor Curley rec-
ommended the following new tax
plan:

1. Continuation of the 10 percent
surtax on individuals, estates and
corporations.

2. An increase in the three-cent
per gallon tax on gasoline for a five-
year period.

3. Doubling of the fee assessed on
motor trucks operating in the state.

4. Transfer to the general fund of
receipts from the tax on intoxicat-
ing beverages not used for old age
assistance.

5. Forty cents per gallon tax on
each proof gallon of alcohol.

6. Two cent per package tax on
cigarets and corresponding tax on
tobacco products.

7. Five dollar tax on slot ma-
chines.

8 Increase of from three and a
half to five percent in the state's

tracks handle at dog racing

To bring about economy in state
government the Governor recom-
mends the appointment of a commit -
^ n e consisting of six legislators and
10 persons representing the real es-
tate and business interests of the

S^ks*-***- ** -hie

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th„ A »-"•"• ".noiner study which

the Governor stressed as essential is

mission of wo^d^m, ' & '' om -
t-ation, toS3S?L^?*? £
Legislature, enforced with
funds to employ f °evefy pTible eTpe'n
as.Ms.ance, to revise the tax .
of the Commonwealth.

End of Depression
Governor Curley opened his
address with the unqualified pre-
diction that the new rear will
mark "the ond of „ )p frmUgt
depression ever visited upon the
American people.' He devoted a
great deal of time discussing so-
cial security legislation and prom-
ised that the operation of thr
program for social justice would
represent the dawn of a new dav
and a new era in the life nf the
acceptance of~the^plan "may be
jeopardized by other plans, which.
Hhile represenling good inten-
tions and a desire to solve a tre-
mendous problem, may destroy the
real objective sought, namelv', the
welfare of the entire people."
As to "work and wages," Governor
Curley had the following to say:
"With the funds that have been
made available through legislative ac-
tion In the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, employment has been fur-
nished, aim men and women have
been transferred from welfare rolls
to pay rolls, but it is accepted by
every forward looking, intelligent in-
dividual that both the Federal and
sLate governments have their limita-
tions and that in the last analysis it
is private industry that we must look
for the ultimate transfer of the un-
employed to employment."

One of the Governors first recom-
mendations for new legislation was
the proposal for an expansion of
the Workmen's Compensation Act to
provide coverage for nurses employed
in institutions. "The work of these
men and women is equally as hazard-
ous as persons in the law enforcing
or fire protection branches of the pub-
lic Service, since they are constantly
exposed to the danger of disease and
death, and. in my opinion, are en-
titled to protection," the Governor
declared.

Stressing the need for reorganiza-
tion of the state Department of Labor
and Industries a.s essential if the in-
terests of employer, employe and tax-
payer alike are to be served, the chief
executive renewed his recommendation
for legislation to permit the Depart-
ment of Labor to take over the duties
of the state Industrial Acciden'
Board. Still another labor recommen-
dation made by the chief executive
was the renewal of his proposal of
raising the compulsory school age
from 14 to 16 years.

Halt in Cost
"For the first time since the
law has been in effect a definite
halt has been made in the stead-
ily increasing cost of plaring a
car on the road," the Governor
"aid in discussing the compulsory
automobile insurance statute "A
definite forward step has been
taken in this matter in the elim-
ination of the guest from compul-
sory insurance." He added that
the costs can only be lowered bv
reducing thr number of claims
and maintained this result could
be accomplished bv increasing the
personnel of the registry of motor
vehicles.
Unless such provision Is made he

nnZ u * Can SPe no alternative
other than a repeal of the compul-
sory insurance law." He therefore re-
news his recommendation for more
motor vehicle Inspectors, declaring
there Is need for Immediate and dras-
tic action. "Racketeering upon spuri-
ous claims by venal attorneys in col-

H»i™ V th doctors and Professional
claimants must be stopped" he!
warned. "A great industry which is
threatened with destruction through

I ^H •' » Xpl P itation must be ™n-
\hZ V ^ also su egested considera-
tion of whether law violators should

"heir eqUlred , t0 insta11 Seniors on
'mile, ni^H 1W1 ' tin|r "Potion to 30
' ui !eri P ff h ° Ur M a co "dition of con-
i unued license.

rate he fr r n^ UCt ! 0n in m °rtgage interest
irate from six to 5', percent has

1 r 8 s hl but d th he H b r en 0n h0 ™ °™^

Support is given by the Governor, I
in another recommendation, to the '

\^ n Z\ l he Special reee£s commis- .
sion which studied the subject of'
consumer credit. The commission!
favored the enactment of a uniform
Instalment sales law.

Economic Kducation
Still another recommendation
which the Governor renewed in
his second message to the Legi,.
lature I, that step, be taken to
promote economic education not
only in tt;e secondary schools, but
among the adult population. He
maintained that it would be ad-
y.sable to appoint a commission
to study the subject.

Jfc. f u VOT ? d <'xpa::, : on of the so-
called housing authority act to the
end that cities and towns be author-
ized to raise and appropriate money

i a n,h.HH Pay , " ° VPr t0 the hou sing
! authorities to assist in the prosecu-
tion of slum clearance and low cost
housing projects.

"The unemployment insurance act "
the Governor informed the legislators
should ultimately prove a panacea
for industrial depressions through
maintaining within the ranks of the
consumers the unemployed men and
women of the nation, as well as the
aged. who. without legislation of this
character, would be without the funds ;
necessary not only for the main-
tenance of their families, but would
be unable to aid private industry
through the absence of purchasing
power." s

To Insure the public safety, the
Governor recommended that immedi-
ate legislative steps be taken, in ac-
cordance with recent Federal legisla-
tion, to allow law enforcing officials
of one state to pursue law violators
Into another state. "The advantages
enjoyed by organized crime through
speedy motor vehicles, the radio, able
attorneys and other agencies cannot
be successfully combatted until such
time as a portion of the fetters with
which legal restrictions bind law en-
forcing agencies have been removed,"
the Governor declared in making this
recommendation.

As another means of reducing the
cost of the state government, the
chief executive recommended the
adoption of a constitutional amend-
ment to "make the unicameral Legis-
lature possible, a reduction In mem-
bership and biennial sessions."
"There is no need for two chambers
today." the Governor declared.
Retire Judges
With a view to relieving the
anxieties of aging judges and to
improve the judicial service of
the Commonwealth, the Governor
recommended legislation permit-
ting a judge of any of the three
courts of state-wide jurisdiction,
upon reaching the age of 70, to
retire voluntarily at full salary.
Such a provision is now in force
with respect to Federal justices,
Ihe chief executive reminded the
law-makers.
The Legislature was bitterly de

ure to provide the necessary funds
to construct a new hospital for the
criminally insane. "The duplicity
practiced in 1935 through the au-
thorization for the establishment of a
hospital for the criminally Insane at
a cost of $1,750,000 without making
provision for the money savors of a
low order of knavery without prece-
dent in the history of the Common-
wealth," the Governor declared. He
recommended that the institution be
constructed at Norfolk and be super-
vised by the Mental Diseases Depart-
ment.

"The institutions for the mentally
ill should be enlarged to accommo-
date 2000 patients each as speedily
as possible," the Governor asserted.
"This would mean the enlargement
of 12 state institutions, providing for
a total of 24,000 mental patients." He
also favored the construction of a
x.ew state school for feeble-minded
/■children. Referring to the delay in
the necessary mental diseases build-
ing program the Governor stated that
"attempts to gloss over this situation
upon the plea of overburdening the
taxpayer should no longer be tol-
erated, and we should meet a condi-
tion and a situation, the further dis-
regarding of which should stamp the
law-making bodies of Massachusetts
as both unworthy and unfit."
Lower Rates
Indicating that the special
state commission on sliding scales
is preparing a plan which it be-
lieves will materially reduce the
gas and electric rates through-
out the state, Governor Curley
sponsored the enactment of a so-
called contract law by which the
Public Utilities Department, by
agreement with the companies, or
otherwise, could fix a fair rate
of return, a fair rate base and
the basis of participation by the
public and companies in excess
earnings of public utilities en-
gaged in the distribution of gas
and electricity.

Because of the recent report that
there are more than 1000 persons
who are not qualified In either medi-
cine or surgery conducting business
in Massachusetts as physicians or
surgeons, the Governor asked the
i General Court to pass a statute to
require such professional men to pass
I a test and pay an annual registra-
tion fee before being allowed to prac-
tice in Massachusetts. Other health
measures recommended by the Gov-
ernor were the abandonment of the
Rutland State Hospital and the con-
struction of a new institution there
and provide additional accommoda-
tions for employes at the Pondville
Cancer Hospital.

As another part of his public build-
ings program the Commonwealth's
chief executive called upon the Legis-
lature to appropriate $1,000,000 for
the construction of an addition to
the State Capitol. He reminded the
law-makers that the state is paying
$80,000 annually to house offices of
state f unctions.

With the creation of the State
Planning Board the need for the Met-
1 ropolitan Planning Division ceases to
i exist, the Governor declared, favor-
ing abolition of the division. There
t-s no valid reason for the continu-
ance of the division.

Court Changes
Numerous changes In the Dis-
Wst Court system were outlined
to the senators and representa-
tives by the Governor. They In-
clude: Prohibit practice by the
District Court Justices in civil
cases in their own courts; es-
tab hshment of District Courts on
a circuit basis; gi ve presiding Jus-

time with adequate compensation

and appointments of presiding
justices should be made on that
basis in the future; remuneration
of special justices on an hourly
basis.

Referring to the Commonwealth's
penal institutions, the Governor re-
newed his recommendation for the
abandonment of the state prison at
Charlestown and the housing of
felons at Norfolk. He also suggested
the appointment of a committee to
study the placing of state wards,
the segregation of prisoners, estab-
lishment of an institution for the
care and treatment of persons af-
flicted with social diseases and radi-
cal changes in the parole system of
the state.

"I believe the time has come to
make a thorough study of the tax
problem and the expenditure prob-
lem of our state and local govern-
ments, and to prepare a comprehen-
sive tax and expenditure program,"
the Governor declared in stressing
the point that insufficient attention
has been given the subject.

"I recommend that legislation be
passed having for its objective the
securing of revenue sufficient In
amount to obviate the necessity of
laying any 'state tax' upon the cities
and towns, as a means of relieving
real estate of the inequitable burden
that it is now required to bear."

He said the 10 percent surtax "will
tend to eliminate the state tax and
thus help to reduce the burden on
the home owner." The increase in
the gasoline tax would be In accord-
ance with the recognized policy of
broadening the tax base, he declared.
Doubling of the motor truck fees
would, the Governor asserted, pro-
vide revenue where sorely needed and
without hardship. Taxation of proof
alcohol would remove this product's
unfair competitive advantage over
those engaged in the alcoholic bever-
ages business, the Governor stated.
No Hardship
The proposed increase state
share on dog racing would work
no hardship to the operators and
would prove beneficial to the Com-
monwealth through increasing the
revenue approximately $250,000,
the chief executive reminded the
legislators. His suggested tax on
tobacco, the Governor maintained,
would not fall heavily on any in-
dividual, while the tax on slot
machines would aid the smaller
merchants of the Commonwealth.
Governor Curley renewed his rec-
ommendations for the appropriation
of $100,000 to advertise the recrea-
tional advantages of the state and a
lake amount for the conservation of
bird and flsh life. He asked that steps
be taken to erect a war memorial
and suggested the appointment of a
committee to represent the state at
the Harvard College Tercentenary ex-
ercises.

In conclusion, the Governor de-
clared that his tax program represents
only a portion of what is possible
provided the question of ways and
means of economizing, and at the
same time more efficient conducting
of the department* of the state li
answered. He closed with the recom-
mendation for the appointment of a
committee to study economy in gov-
ernment. B

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Worcester, Mass.

J/UV1

1936

Governor's Council to Con-
sider Policies of
State Group

By Gazette State House Reporter

BOSTON, Jan. 1. - The adminis-
tration and policies of the State
Board of Parole, together with al-
leged unrest and conditions In cor-
rectional institutions, will be con-
sldered at a puhlic hearing of the
Governor's Council on Friday, nr-
1 cording to information given out
during a recess of the council to-
day.

The council met today to consid-
er information secured during re-
I cent trips to penal institutions and
f resulting in a move by Councilloi
James J, Brennan to ask the coun
oil to request Governor Curley to
prefer ouster charges against, the
parole board. Richard Olney, P.
Kmmctt Gavin and Matthew W.
Builock, all of Boston.

Prior to the council meeting to
clay it was indicated that Coun-
cillor Brennan would move for ac-
tion against the board, whose poli-
cies some members claim have
been so arbitrary in refusing pa-
roles as to be responsible for wide-
spread prison unrest.

The council inquiry has been
based largely on breaks • at the
State Prison and at (Tie Concord
Refoimatory.

The council recessed while Gov-
ernor Curley was delivering his
annual message to the Legislature
It will resume this afternoon.

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LEGISLATURE TO
CONVENE TODAY

Joint Session Will Hear
Curley Message Today

Hy CLINTON P. KOWF

Telegram state House Reporter

BOSTON, Dec. 81. Headed Into
what legislative Observers (eel may
ho h protracted and flfrhtinp see
s-ion. tiie second annual meeting of
the 149th Legislature will convene
at 11 o'clock tomorrow forenoon
The House and Senate, meeting
briefly, will resolve themselves into
:, joint session to hear Governor
James M. Curley deliver his annual
mespaRe of recommendations,

While many members of the T.PR-
lelature would prefer a shorl sei
Slon with a minimum of squabbling

1938 Is an election j eai end thei s
;u t some broached fences to be I e
paired they an? not over-confldenl
than any such session wifl be forth-
coming a- they look bach upon pie
i, .(-old breaker or 1938 that i>ri to

the middle of A.USTUI t '

Although the Governor's recom-
mendations Will not ho known until
he delivers them to the joint as
aerhbly tomorrow, he already has

.ted that he would discus?
puhl.c butldlnga needs, favor bien-
nial legislative i rti m end wants
ee the state t;\\ of ten million
dollars abolished ot reduced.
Taxation I-ssue

It is all • sdy Indicated that ques-

tlOBfl "f taxation Wil have a prom-
inent pari in legislative delibera-
tions, with the special taxation
commission report favoring a

seventeen million dollar expansion
in the tax base, offering opportun-
ities for unlimited debate and
battle.

Aside from taxation, which prob-
ably will be considered under a num-
ber nf bills and petitions, the ques-
tion of horse and dog rarinr. will
be up again, with the chief atten-
tion centered possibly on dofr rac-
ing. There is already an initiative
movement for repeal of racine. on
which the Legislature must act.
And Social Security

It in likely that social security
measures will he up for considera-
tion In liberal number. Although
the number of bills and petitions
thus far (lied is small In compari-
son with the total through which
the Legislature waded last year, it
is expected that the next week will
develop a rush.

Some attention centers on the
organisation of the House and Sen-
ate. Speaker I.cvcrctt Saltonstall
of the House and President .lames
G. Moran of the Senate were elect-

ed last year and by custom would
five, for the biennial period,
Floor Leader?
It h?c been reported that Sen.
! A. I.an^nne of Boston would
rise and demand election of a new
Senate president. On the other
hfind, there has hern a movement
rnmnt .•/ me Republicans to have
Sen. Donald W. Nicholson resume
floo;- leadership and Republican*
who resigned from the Rules- Com-
mittee to return. They withdrew In
: ' t a Inst Moran' vote bi eah

Ins a tie to pass the Curley 18-bOUf

1 ' i tate Institution employes
Under the plan, Moran was to bs
unmolested in the presidency to
•• '• h he was elected largely
iugh Democratic votes.
There are said to have been soma

• hitches m the plan, but those
leanin I ■• . ri peace were still
hopeful.

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State House

Brieh

By Tulapini BtSlte House Reporter

BOSTON, Dec. SI. Tax Com-
missioner Henry F. Long delved
into his records tonight and came
forth with the information that m
1935, 4fi.-S25.47S gallons o( ma.t
beverages were taxed in Massachu-
ompared with 42.075. 957 In

1934.

The 1935 figures on liquors weie
4 206.736 gallons and 1 .093.209 gal-
lons of wine. For 1934 taxes wera
paid on 3.271.2-1 gallons of liquor
and 814,738 gallons of wine.

The taxes collected in If 1 "''"
amounted to 33,886,388 as compared
with $2,748,184 last year.

Governor Curie-, - returned to his
desk todav aTter being at his horns
teveraj days with a severe cold.

One of the Governor's first act 5
was a conference with Adjt. Gen.
William I. Rose. who. he said, told
him that four hundred men are
now employed in clearing the Na-
i.al Guard campsite on Cape
I Cod.

Civil Set vice Commlsi
Thomas H. Green today certified
to Di William .v r.ivan. superin-
tendent' of Worcester State Hospi-
tal, three names from which an
appointment of a storekeeper at a

$1080 yearly sal&ry may he made.
The names are those of Arthur W.

Mux-dock of Clinton, Joseph T,
,Twohig of Melrose and Francis A.
1 McDermott of Watertown,

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CURLEY CHANGES

MIND ON GOODWIN

i —

Decides to Let Registrar
Continue Union Work

Decision Influenced by Good
Accomplished at Brockton

The latest of the biennial Curlcy-
Goodwin r >\vs, this one concerned
with Registrar Frank A. Goodwin'.-
to scno the state u motor
vehicle head and the shoe workers'
unions as an unpaid adviser, has
come to a r '•' ;:h

Gov Curtej l 1 In his horns and

g.ving his benedict: n to Frank.

One week a£o it was "Resign, or
drop the outside activities." with the
rcpistrar permitted a choice of jobs.
Yesterday the Governor circided after
an interview with the Registrar that
the latter should be free to continue
his labor v ork In view of the im-
mense amount at good that had been j
accomplished for the unions by
Goodwin. Goodwin had been backing
workers who are not affiliated with 1
the A. F. of L. . lU

"I believe that the question of the
ethics of t,he head of a department
in matters 'of this character may well
be waived in view of the results
that have been achieved in the pres-
ervation of an important basic Mas-
sachusetts industry," the Governor

3 Representative Phil Bowker of
Brooklinc. who sheuted 'fake last
week when the battle was on. claimed
thai it was the forerunner to an
"act" in which Goodwin would ap-
pear as a candidate to split Repub-
lican votes and insure Curley's elec-
tion this Fail.

Apprised of the Governors state-
ment Registrar Goodwin said:

"I knew when His Excellency got
all the facts he would change his
mind. I appreciate his action very
much."

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Boston, Mass.

JANl |

WETTEST IN

BABY '36 GETS
WARM CHEERS

Vast Crowfls M%
Gay But Orderly

By JOHN BARRY
A town gnne mad for a night,
dancing hilariously in the streets,
trailing delicate evening gowns
in the gutters, blowing a cacophony
on tin horns to deafen all ears,
welcomed the New Year to Boston
iin one of the wildest celebrations
the staid old city of 305 Winters
has ever known.

A crowd as oblivious to red
ights, traffic signals and their own

All Hotels, Theatres
Reap Harvest

iSint Hostelry Employes
— Joy Supreme

force of 1150 police officers on the

streets had but to look on and hope

for the best, They would have been

powerlet- to control the movement

of a mob.

The crescendo of goofiness was
reached at midnight, but swung
along with l'Ule diminution for an-
other hour. The traffic jam in the
theatrical districts, where for once
the pedestrian took over the move-
ment of vehicular flow and directed
it with red, white and blue horns
to his own amusement, was so tan-
gled at midnight that not even the
toughest charioteer of the taxi
nighthawks could budge it.

Noise Heaviest Ever

Police were deaf before 11, as

would any man be, standing on the

sidelines with the horrible dm being

blown in his cars. Not only horns.

but cowbells, rubber contraptions in

imitation of the well-known Bronx

,j_. cheer, rattles and snapping balloons,
| safety as was tne moD on me ong ^ whjch sounded ]ikp snots addcd to

j inal Armistice night; a crowd as the turmoil, but police were good-
^ enthusiastic over the simple process! natured about it all. The traffic
i , , , . . .. i j _i could not be speeded and the crowd

'of tearing a leaf from the calendar! wouldn't gct ' on - lhe strccts . Thl

as it was over a Dewey, a Smith,
a Lindbergh; a crowd seemingly
as thoroughly convinced that de-

world must wait until 1936 was saf

ly delivered and given the accolade

of Mother Earth and all her childrer

Comparative years were brought

prcssion days were over and happy t0 mind, the boom year celebrations
Havs ar P hpr* aoain u an a ,ni™« of the Coolidge era. the last night C-l

days are here again as an aspiring

prohibition, the first of repeal

politician with a works program they had most of the factors of last

could wish for. brought 1936 to ^jg*f— excepting the noise.

,!,. ri * v thousands there were on the

tn c Vl Ejects who might not have had the

a n r>;„„„.. a w j Ji cmt I ncc ded for a show, nor the

All I laces Are Jammed $5 needed for a night club table but

Hotels nieht clubs eafe<: tav- "'" yonc seemed to have a dime or
iioteis, nignt clubs, cafes, tavn a quarter for a horn. Not a street
erns, bars, restaurants and thea-i corner or alleyway but what had its
tres were inaccessible as early ail SfJw™ a !i d vcndors of the tin noise
10 last night. Crowds such as hadl J*5rfttffEfi5 tTwhth
been termed large in other yean; n0 known resistance in the buyer has
would have dwindled in compart ^"u u" n w°° u d ? ot have kc et pace

ison to the early-evening throngs
on Washington and Tremont sts. A

with the horn business.

Hoodlums Get Nowhere

The horn hawkers met the incom-
ing celcbrators at subways and trains
blew samples for miles and by the
time the crowds reached the bright
lights sector, the parados were on the
march. One impromptu band leader
carried a drum which closely re-
sembled a hotel garbage paid. The
drum major had a Droom baton and
his band— growing cvcrv stride— were
horn footers and hell ringers

Down the center of Washington st
the parade marched, against the traf-
fic and in charge of it. That was the
picture throughout down-town Bos-
ton. Store windows were not board-
ed up as is done in Times sq, but
many of the larger stores with ex-
pensive displays had special officers
■stationed at the windows to ward off
tlie careless or mischievous.

The hoodlum element, as ahvavs.
was present in sections and to these
the officers devoted their attention,
usually handling their uprisings in
a way which bespoke no sparing of
the rod. But for the greater part the
crowd was well behaved albeit jovial
to the extreme.

I and it was noted that while turkex

to 3 935 as "The good oid days.

resistance for New Year's X*" Just a stretch of drudgerv and

Any estimate of the moving -rowds \^? SleT ' ° f war and social and P oI 't-
, outside the theatres, clubs and he It '"i SW"? 1 ** of dca,h ,0 lhe P«*
would be futile. Streets and Tide- SSfth tnTI ° nCS ' dCath lo a Kine '
i walks were well nigh impassable h ^ {? um °r>st a world loved
I and indoor capacity was the rule f ?„ M raP u dly . forw< »- As a Jesuit poet
■ Most of the parties' got under way &&5*E£* ° nce .^P te - "°> Death
'about 10 and some of them haven't K'imv th ff! ? '"

ended yet. J: was a night far rll short voh"\, ^ Breif J 0Ver 1935 was
classes, men of trade and men of w at am ™t ''v^ the first ™<*- ,
chance, women of the register nr.d of u- th L~? J - >es were brl 2 h H
the demi-monde to rub elbows good- reilufcov^ TOlnd , S , f r ° ng With
naturedly and drink a toast. 366 ria« v« > h - ^° uld lf St tho ful1

Bartenders worked themselves into, hath FebTuarv P **" a " d 29

veritable lathers and any man whoL l n ' eDruar >-
could shake a drink, even if it were ' ~ „ ""* 1

Bouncers at Swank Hotel

Off the streets the celebration! were
'as noisy, Bided by ballroom acoustics
and probably a greater flow of the I
dynamic and cheering nectar

«rS, n *u, of t ! 1p m0Ft ' airiij - i '"R ^'Khts at !;

probably the iwankiest hotel i n the

City was the array of bouncers, just 1

m case the college boys decided to^i c , elel ?, ra,l , on «••• 'he Friars' Frolic at

only to agitate a jug or bathrub of gin,
had a job last night behind the ma-
hogany.

In the midst of all the merry mak-
ing and hilarity came a solemn note

, at midnight as Catholic cnurd.es
opened their door:- to mark a holy-

1 day in the church calendar and rev-
erent congregations greeted the New-
Year as masses were celebrated
throughout the archdiocese.

Friars' Party $20 a Plate

Downtown churches holding mid-
night masses and 3:30 services were
St Josephs in the West End. St
Stephen's in fhc North End, St James'
on Harrison av and the Cathedral
of the Holy Cross in the South End.

Tops in prices for the evening's

(ilobe
Boston, M ass

get rough. Who were" they? None
others than members of Paul Bow-
■er"l troupe of beefy, bicep bulging
wrestlers, more or less artistically
encased in tuxedo; and puffing about
for someone lo throw an arm 'lock
, or a strangle held at. For no more
; than calling a piccolo player by his

( the Statler where the cover was $20
a plate. Some 600 jammed the Stabler
ballroom for their Frolic and outside
in the manner of Hollywood openings

. flood lights played on the hotel.

Go v Curley h ad reservations for a
party 01 JW H! the Copley Plaza but
cancelled during the evening due lo

.■»aii waning a piccolo player by his ' t, KB "W aunng tlie evening due 1
n;;ht name a fellow could be tossed' ls scvcre cold, preferring to con-
right out onto the pavement bv a ff^S h,s energy for the opening oi

J worlds champion... well a eon '• tne Legislature today.

i tender, at least. ij .

to^^^tt , %J3ifs nul1 Can is ******

New Year quietly with his W if c at From the shadowy waterfront, where
the Cocoanut Grove Jack Sharkey maSt * and s,acks * ere silhouetted

and Mrs Sharkey. Jack was not ■' aBainst thp dawn " f ,v *" w ~" • ^— -
bouncing, however, not the Squire
of Chestnut Hill, with his roll tucked
: away in the depression year* far
from the wolves of the money marts.

Paper Hats Hack in Favor

here

.. t » v .vjuCitcd

against the dawn of the New Year
to the Back Bay. where in top-hatted
gaiety and various stages of hilarity
ranging from the criap to tight stages.
Boston worked up a glow during the
night which was up to her lest— or
wmst. take your choice— efforts

h Z '«.. l F .u a -: hy ' 3 '°" underatano,

but the kind that people understand I
as Benny Ginsberg, head man of the' 1
Mayfair. described his. He | U g" h " d
a chorus line of 15 little girls in dia-
pers and old rather Time with his
banana knife and the little girl sang
'Happy New Year <n You" and
hen chased Father Time away and
i Stuff. US s,rultc d their

1 h Jei V01 ' S in mo *} of ,ho h: " her Priced

! l Z [C] ?J CrP ' ****** ym the tar-

! if. for example, the Coplev-Plr/-,

gave the men cigarette lighters and

the women, small silver measuring I

affffJEE h J. t .!" dust 'y "me back!

tough sledding an

Heverint Note at Midniqlit

,„itu .i i . . " " " 1L ' 1 oenina

with the bang which alcoholic escape

: generally provides. It was definitely

a wet eclebration-the wettest since

repeal wetter than the boom year

nrohvr 1929 ' NVhen the hyoeTisy of

prohibition got the most thorough

'drowning it knew in 13 years Not

^6* General Top Price

$3 5o ot to ^ Vc, ; s ra r ged from ar °""d

5350 to 56 plus the tax that Uncle

Sam collect* for all forms of am is,

2<][. not .excepting a rare old bi^

into It. „,„„ „;, "—"""J wme Dack „„ «1 «.*"*"* a rar e od bine-
lough's^lnfand' STttXTSd ^-,^1^

I«Sa 2Sd'h^ d bnng "«"M bu\
fnw i, f ha PP'ness and prosperity
and kindness and peace. J ;

Jorgotten were the moments of
happ,ne« of the Old Year as hr v ,
always are on the eve of the new- I

* S ^" ', hc P"t »•"«!. hasXwn
that the future will hear many-a-ono !

CURLEFaLSOtOE
OF PAROLE BOARD

Supports His Councilors
Who Favor Ouster I

Brennan to Present Demands
Today-Members to Fight

It was intimated bv Gov Curley
yesterday that he was In arcord with l
certain member, of his Council who!
have demanded the removal of'the!
present Board of Paroles, and he i
stated that if the Council held an '
opinion similar to his own, "drastic]
• action may well be taken tomorrow " !
Councilor James J. Brennan of j
Somerville has already stated that
he would demand the board's re-
moval when the Governor and i
Council meet today. Parole Board
members have privately said that
they would demand a hearing, if re-
moved by the Council, and that they
i would charge politics and political
; pressure were responsible for their

removal.
I The Parole Board, its critics charge,
is responsible for current prison
unrest and two recent breaks at Con-
! cord and Charlestown. because it re-
rutet to recommend for parole all
who become eligible at the end of

•thirds of their minimum sen-:
fences, insisting on its right to con- j
sider past offences of a prisoner
when weighing him as a parole risk. |
| The board, it is learned, will defend j
its refusal to parole prisoners whom |
they consider bad risks, or who have |
no decent home and job waiting for j
them. The same source said that the i
board will also defend its refusal of !
paroles for criminals who ha\> acted '
as "stool pigeons" for prison officials.

The board will also insist that '
politicians are responsible for the
drive being pushed against it.

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NENV ENGLAND COUNCIL HEAD
THANKS CURLEY FOR &FFP9TC

Chairman William A. Barron of the
New England Council, Recreational
Development Committee, has sent a
telegram to Gov Curlej, expressing
appreciation of the Governor's inter-
est and efforts in developing New
En"land's recreational industry. The
telegram says that the appropriation
of $100,000 for advertising Massachtf.
setts' attractions was most succesi.
ful and that the 1935 season was »•
best in five years.

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' 1936

NEW YEAR'S ON THE AIR

MORNING
10:30-WMEX— Running description erf Philadelphia's Mummers' parade

and band music.
11:00-WBZ— One hundred foreign students, representing 80 countries,

in greetings to their native lands; Chinese mixed octet; tribal

songs of Natal, Africa.
11:45-WBZ — Gov C urlcy 's annual message to the General Court of

Massachusetts^""^
12:00-WEEI— Willem Hcndrick van Loon in greetings to foreign lands.

AFTERNOON

2:30-WNAC — Kansas City Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

3:00-WBZ — Rochester Civic Orchestra, directed by Guy Fraser Har-
rison.

3-30-WNAC — "Twelve Crowded Months," dramatizations of the high-
lights of 1935.

EVENING

8:00-WNAC — "Declaration of Independence." dramatization, with
background music by Harold Levey's Orchestra.

8:30-WEEI — Schubert Musical Club of Maiden.

8:30-WBZ — Band concert under the direction of Frank Simon.

9:00-WNAC — Lily Pons, soprano; Andre Kostelanetz' Orchestra and
chorus.

9:00-WEEI— Town Hall Tonight with Fred Allen and his cast; Wil-
liam Reid, Negro baritone and astrologist, heading the amateurs.

9:30-WBZ— "Clancy's Cow," prison drama, presented by Warden
Lawes.

10:00-WNAC— Sandy MacFarlane in a program of rollicking Scotch
songs with Charlie Frank's Orchestra.

10:00-WBZ — Tohn Charles Thomas, baritone; Elsie Janis, guest soloist;
Frank Tours' Orchestra.

10:00-WEEI— "El Caballera," Spanish operetta; orchestra, under the
direction of Cesare Sodero.

10:30-WEEI— Gordon String Quartet, featuring Jacobi's "String Quar-
tet No. 2."

FOOTBALL TODAY

2:15-WEEI— Sugar Bowl game: Texas Christian-Louisiana State.
2:30-WAAB— Marblehead High-Jacksonville All Stars.
5:00-WBZ— Rose Bowl game: Southern Methodist-Stanford.
DANCE MUSIC

11:15 PM— WMEX

11:15 PM— W\ AC

11:30 PM— WMEX

11:30 PM— WEEI

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PARTY LEADERS TO PLAN
I FOR JACKSON DAY DINNER

Gov Curley will be the principal
speaker at a meeting ;t the Hotel
Bellevue at 2:30 this afternoon of the
.^•fiiocratic Senators and Represent-
•atives and the members of the state,
; city and town committees, as well
i as the Young Democrats of Massa-
I chusetts.

Plans will be discussed for the Jack-
1 son Day dinner, which will be held
at the Copley-Plaza Hotel on Jan 8.
Other speakers today will be Lieut
Gov Joseph L. Hurley, State Treas
Charles F. Hurley, Auditor Thomas
H. Buckley, Atty Gen Paul A. Dever
and Joseph McGrath, chairman of the
state committee.

Rexford G. Tugwell will deliver an
address at the Jackson Day dinner
and at least one other representative
of the national Administration will
speak. The price of the dinner will :
be $3 a plate.

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CUBLct WANTS PRISONERS
' GIVEN MENTAL TESTS

Commissioner Arthur T. Lyman of
the State Department of Correction
received notification from Gov Curley
yesterday that the Governor is de-
sirous that the commissioner "con-
sider the advisability of conducting
a menial examination of all prison*
rrs in correctional institutions so that
insane prisoners may be housed in
proper state institutions."

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PERMITTED TO TAKE
CONNOR DEPOSITION

Counsel in Man Case Say
She Plans to Leave

n-.OOPM— WAAB
!):30 P M-WBZ
10:00 PM— WMEX
11:00 PM— WAAB

11:30 PM— WBZ
12:00 PM— WAAB
12:08 AM— WBZ
12:30 AM— WNAC

Attorneys Robert G. Dodge and
George F. Farnum. special counsel
in the city of Boston's suit against
Edmund L. Dolan. former city treas-
urer during the Curley _ administra-
tion. went before Judge Edward P.
Pierce of the Supreme Judicial Court
yesterday and received permission
from him to take the testimony of
Winifred A. Connor of Brookline in
the form of a deposition.

The city's special counsel informed
the court that they believed the testi- 1
mony of Mrs Connor was essential
to the presentation of their case
against Dolan, and told the judge
that she is ill and is about to leave
the jurisdiction of the court.

Fearing that she might not return
to Massachusetts in time for the trial
of the cage, the two attorneys told
the court, thrv wished to get her evi-
dence in writing before she left.

Mrs Connor., before her marriage
Winifred A. White, was treasurer of
the. Legal Securities Corporation, of
which Mr Dolan became the head and
it is alleged in documents filed in
court on behalf of the city that she
resigned so that a man chosen by Mr
Dolan could take the position.

Mr Farnum would not discuss the
reason for seeking the evidence of
Mrs Connor and he declined to give
any information about her

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W3b

1935— YEAR 0F_GRAVE
DANGERS AND HIGH

HOPES— 1935

Marching Soldiers in Europe,
War in Ethiopia and Massed
Fleets of Sea and Air Boded
111 For Peace, But in America
Prosperity Seemed Return-
ing—And Scientific Progress
Continued, Despite Great
Disasters

<•

By WILLIAM ALCOTT

Librarian, the Boston Globe

Prospects of a reviving industrial activity brought a sense of
optimism to the nation in the closing days of 1935. The volume of
Christmas trade was substantially larger. Postal receipts gained 10
percent. Bank clearings were the largest in four years. Residential
construction nearly doubled that of 1934. Automobile production gained
45 percent and exceeded $2,000,000,000. while 50.000,000 tire? were
•hipped. Federal disbursements of billions of dollars placed money
where of late it had been rarely seen.

Yet this prospect .of prosperity was somewhat darkened by the
European situation. With actual war in Africa, and with Italy's deter-
mination to push its program to the end, the world seemed to be ap-
proaching a situation like that of early 1914. The British fleet mobilized
In the Mediterranean, the Italian fleet maneuvered in the Red Sea. and
the League of Nations faced the problems of applying sanctions and
•nforcing them.

While Ethiopia was considered the world's powder keg. Germany
defied the world and, in disregard of the Treaty of Versa. lief, rearmed.
The censure of the League of Nations was ignored. Her treat-
ment of Jew* and other non-Aryan peoples within her own bor-
ders caused the resignation of the League of Nations' high commissioner
for refugees coming from Germany. By a plebiscite Germany re-
gainsd possession of the Saar.

Japan made larger conquests of Chinese territory. France and
Russia signed a defensive alliance. Greece abandoned a republican
form of government and recalled her King. Stanley Baldwin became
Prime Minister of England. Sir Samuel Hoare, British Foreign Sec-
retary, for his part in the Ethiopian peace plan, was forced to resign.
Russia reached agreement on its debt to the United States. The
President of Czecho-Slovakia, Thomas G. Masaryk, resigned.

In America the Supreme Court appeared more prominently than
ever before, as it declared unconstitutional one act after another of
the present Administration. In one of the most important cases, how-
ever, that of the power of Congress to devaluate the dollar, the Gov-
ernment was sustained. The court declared the N. R. A. Uhe might-
iest of the administration's projects) to be unconstitutional. So also
was the decision on the "Hot Oil" Control act, and the Railway Pen
sion act.

In disappointment the President commented on the N. R, A. de-
cision that it took the nation back to the "horse and buggy" age. But
when the court upheld the Gold act, Justice McReynrlds declared
"The Constitution is dead!"

President Roosevelt recommended that the United States adhere
to the World Court. This brought forth such a protest from Rev Fr
Coughlin that thousands of persons all over the country wired to their
Senators to oppose such action, and the recommendation was killed
The President vetoed the Patman bonus for veterans, and his act
was saved by a small margin in the Senate. The chief item in the
years appropriation bill was o#e of $4,800,000,000 for*"work relief.

* * *

It was a year of many disasters. Dust storms in the West caused
damage of $30,000,000. Then floods devastated other western states
doing damage of $25,000,000. Montana experienced hundreds of earth
shocks. In India earthquakes took 40,000 lives.

A southern hurricane brought death to 400 on the Florida keys
and drove the steamship Dixie ashore. The steamer Mohawk burned
off the New Jersey coast with a loss of 45 lives. The U. S N dirigible
Macon was destroyed off the California coast.

Not in numbers, but in the sense of personal loss, the most poignant
tragedy of the air was the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in
Alaska. Late in the year two other famous aviators— Lincoln Ellsworth
in Antarctica and Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith in the Indian Occan-
disappeared and neither was further heard from.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann was found guilty of the murder of
the Lindbergh baby. The testimony of the Government's wood expert
became an epic in criminal jurisprudence. Before the year was over
the Lindbergh family, in order to escap? from the pitiless publicity
of yellow journalism and the threats of the cranks and criminally-
minded, forsook the United States for England

On land, Sir Malcolm Campbell rode 301 miles an hour The
$40,000,000 French liner Normandie crossed the Atlantic in 4 dav
hours and 13 minutes. A stream-linrd tram crossed the rontinent'in
40 hours. Scientists measured the movement of glaciers as two feet in
24 hours on a sunny day. l ln

* * *

Aviation made new records. The stratosphere was pierced to an
elevation of nearly 14 miles, the highest man has ever ascended Air-
mail and passenger service to China was established The Kev brother.
remained aloft 27 days and 5 hours, another new "record

Joe Louis Detroit Negro, experienced a meteoric career in the
pugilistic world, and in 14 bouts won every one anH ,, u-, V
unprecedented record. y one and est ablished «n

People in New England states spent in bettlno «» u«« . „

the sum of $76,386,347. P DCUIng on hors « and dogs

Three notable weddings were the third mnr, n e v
Duke of Gloucester, to Lady Alice «o„ n E , 0e0r «* V ' the

Boettiger to Mrs Anna Roosevelt Doll S™ w"n°' ig ' aS - Sc0tl; John
of California, aged 71, to his nuna, DorJal So? f!f?« bb " McAdC0

In the movie world at least 15 picturps ,.,„™' 3 j ,
over $1,000,000 each. S WCre P rr ^ced which cost

Harvard University received two liberal »!«• i
of the year. One was for $2,0<f),000 to endow » i cl °sing days

istration, and the other was fi $500,000 to encW . "I P c ndmin -
economy. dow a chair of political

P^ons Who Passed Away

JANUARY

000 a ? a ?w? 8e CU , 1 reEt0rod t0 !•«»,.
™ l railroad employes

- " n ~ Amer| cnn-C n narii a n C om-

ncr "I'm Alone* S ° { rum rur "

I toSteSaSS*- B -«" voted
du J 4 n d. 14 - T0llsi « Sumner Tunnel re-

i^MftfSB r s?, ounceiMm of

Boeltiger. ' married- lo John

•^"wKM Dg»otte, French
gjU ft mile j,^ . *■ , kilometers
record. n a Ia ndplane, 8 new

Jan as- Winter's heaviest nun.
•torm blocked traffic.
■ ff.1" . 2 *T Stear ner W"hawk sank

Jan2S Pennsylvania Railroad dec
«nc '[am made run of in: miles .n
^between Washington .uSlBME

J*n 38-rivt degrees below lero.

FEBRUARY

ered'to 1 ^ 18 of B°«Wer Dam low-
lake. WOrW ' lar8est artificial

*&»*firuj?" prohibition

En F ^„ d ; EC " PSe ° f sun J «» «« New

Feb 6 Admiral Byrd's secon.i April 10— Terrific dust storms iri] May 30-Kelly P:tillo of California

[Antarctic expedition started home- western prairie states closed schools! made new automobile speed rccoia ai
ward. and stores and forced abandon- i Indianapolis. 106.24 miles an hour

Feb 11-Crcw of schooner Setht men t of many farms; money loss,! May 31— Three tremendous eaitn
Parker rescued in Pacific by British 530 000 000 'quake shocks near Karachi, maid,

cruiser. April 12— Price of silver touched l took 40,000 lives.

Feb 11— Premier Mussolini called highest point in eight years.
250,000 soldiers to arms. April 14— France, Italy and Eng- ]

Feb 12— United States naval air-,] and ; ssuc d statement on Stresa 1

JUNE

ship Maoc.i exploded and sank off. agreement to maintain peace within j -Prcsic Roosevelt or-

Califorma coast. the f ramc work of League of Nations. I

Feb 12— Emp:ror of Ethiopia de- A pril n— League of Nations cen-
nied Italy's charge of aggression. sured Germany for rearming.

Feb 13— Bruno Richard Hauptmann April 19— California courts denied
I was sentenced to death for kidnap- habeas corpus to Tom Mooney, al-J ". le {^"si'iln

dered all N. R. A. prosecutions
stopped.

June 2— Keith Spalding Brown of
Yale made new world vault pole rcj-

June 3— Western prairie state floods
took 200 lives and caused loss of $25,-
000,000.

June 3— French line steamer Nor- j
mand*> crossed Atlantic in nrw rec-
ord time, 4 days 11 hours 42 min-
utes.

ing of Lindbergh baby. lcRcd bomber.

1 Feb 17— Michael Staksrud, 28, of April 10 — Iphn A. Kelley of Arl-
I Norway, won world's speed-skating i n «ton won J3. A. A. Marathon.
! championship. i April 22— Earthquakes in Formosa

Feb 18— Supreme Court ruled that! took 3000 lives. \

Congress had power to nullify prom-i April 22— Boston Latin School ob-
ises to pay in gold in private con-i served tercentenary,
tracts. i April 24-Ounce price of silver j jj nfi 3 _Babe Ruth came to the

Feb 21— Eugene M. McSwecneyi boosted to 77.57 cents. _ Boston Braves,

appointed Boston Police Commis-j April 25 -— Prcs Walter GifTord ot 1 June 7 — Stanley Baldwin succeeded
sioner. j American Telephone Cnrn P, ; \ ny „.f^ Ramsay MacDonald as England's

Feb 21— Massachusetts House re- his voice around the world, • i ' i ' u . v ' u , prime Minister,
jectcd child labor amendment to Fed- miles, over the longest telephone cir- j June 8 _ Two Millen brothers and
eral Constitution. ; cuit ever established. ! Abraham Fabcr electrocuted for

Feb 23— President Roosevelt vi-ited April 27— Temperature rose to 84. ; Nordham robbery and murders.
Boston to witness son's initiation into April 30— Twin-motored passenger June g__ Mary Curley, Go vernor 's
Harvard'i Fly Ciub. plane flew from Pacific Coast to New

Feb 23— Paraguay resigned from York in new record of 11 hours 5
League of Nations. minutes.

Feb 25— Chicago dedicated Ills- MAY

mile water tunnel. ITlrt *

Feb 26 — Mussolini notified all "it j May 2 — Tercentenary celebration of
may concern" that he was ready for j Boston Common began,
any eventuality,

daughter, married TrJ"T,icut L01 r,u-
ward C. Donnelly.

June 13— Max Baer dethroned by
I Jimmy Braddock at Madison Square
, Garden.

Juns 14— Samuel Insull Jr cleared
; of all charges at Chicago.

May 2— Gov Curley dropped effort \ j U ne 19— Robert Russell Ames and
to remove Eugene C. Hultman as i two sons, of Wayland, lost at sea from
Metropolitan District Commissioner. ] ya cht Hamrah.

May 4— Omaha won Kentucky 1 j une 20— Harvard conferred hon-
Derby orary degree upon Albert Einstein.

May 5— Barbara Hulton, divorced j j une 21— Bourne Bridges over Cape
on Mav 3, married to Count Court j cod Canal opened,
von HSUBWitZ-ReventioW, \ June 21— Kidnaper of George

May 6— Supreme Court declared ; weverhauser Jr, aged 9, of Tacoma,
March 4— President Roosevelt asked railway pen: ion act unconstitutional. 1 sentenced to 45 years in prison-
er shin subsidies May 6-Scnator Bronson Cutting of ; June 2 5-Joe Louis, Detroit Negro.
March 4— Unusual and successful New Mexico killed in airplane acci- ■ delcaic d Primo Camera in six rounds,
ooeration performed on Alice J. Mc- dent. ■ . June 26-Gov Curley signed Teach-

Mav 6-Harry L. Hopkins appointed elV G ath bill,
to head $4,000,000,000 works program. j un e. 26— National Youth Admin-
May 8— Chain letter craze sweep- j i s tration created with $50,000,000 fund.
ing over western states. j unc 29— Threatened soft coal

May 8— Amelia Earhart ate break- s t r ike called off.
fast in Mexico City and supper in

New York, with an interval of 14 JULY

March 9— Justice Oliver Wendell I hours and 18 minutes. „„„„, vihinnia

Holmes' will gave $250 000 to his i May 8 -Fleet of 46 American fight- July 1-England offered till opia
"°™, C r L Government. ' ing planes took oft for Honolulu. outlet to sea for cession oi territory

March 10-State of siege pro- May 10 Florida adopted 90-day to Italy,
claimed in Havana. divorce law.

March 11— Cotton prices sustained May 11-Admiral Richard E. Byid
break in seven years. j returned from Antarctica and was

Marcr

MARCH

March 2— Emergency Relief Cam-
paign in Boston closed with gifts of
$3,012,640.

March 3— Revolution broke out In
Greece

Henry for upside-down stomach.

March 7— Prince Ananda, who once
lived in Cambridge, elevated to the
throne of Siam.

March 8— Archbishop Diaz of Mex-
ico arrested for violating religious
laws.

ereatest break in seven years.

ch 11— Chicago courts declared received by President Roosevelt in

July 1-Key brothers brought air-
plane, Ole Miss, to land after endur-
ance flight of 27 days 5 hours and
24 minutes.
Samuel 'insull not guilty of embezzle-', Washington. Jly 4 ._Ethiopia asked United

I ment. „ u . , Ma - v . 13 ^ taly . c °n^»tcd to concl1 - states to intervene In Italy's aggres-

March 16 — Glenn Cunningham lation in Ethiopian dispute. .

made new 1000-yard record 2:10.1. May 13-Gov Curley signed bill to »«"■ clcarin gs reached

March 17— Hitler launched program require pupils to salute the flag. , ■ , y . * /„,,'. v ?sr=

formfiitary conscription. | May 15-Filipinos approved eonsti- highest point 111 tout J ear..

1 March 18— England protested Ger- i tution for the Philippine Common- July 4— Quoddy tidal power project
' ; mfny s rea^ament. wealth. (started by Vice President Garner.

March 21— Donald R. Richberg made | May 15— New England s horse rac- , Ju]y g— President signed Wagner
head of N. R. A. , ing season opened at Salem, N H. | Labor biU .

March 22-Massachusetts Lcgisla- : May 16-Bostan welcomed home 6 _Helen Wills Moody re-

ture approved bill for Sunday hockey. ; Admiral Richard E. by id.

March 23— Body of Dr George H. j May 18— The Maxim Gorky, world *
iBigelow, missing hospital superin- ; largest jnrplane.^crashed over Mos
Itendent.'found in Framingham reser-

cow and killed 49

May 18— Tomlinson and Bartles
made nine new air records in three
days, averaging 190.9 miles an hour,
with load of two tons.

May 22— President Roosevelt ve-
toed Patman bonus bill; House over-
ruled it; Senate sustained it.

Mav 21— Hitler promised adherence
.„,,,";"" .-,„,, „,„(„; to all but military sections of the

April 7— Tornacoes in Gulf states y ersa m eg treaty

March 24— Government dropped all
[air mail prosecutions.

APRIL

April 1— Boston's season of Met-
'ropolitan opera opened.

feminine tennis

killed 27 and injured 150.

April 8— President Roosevelt signed : lottery bill

May 21— State Legislature killed

relief bill carrying $4,880,000,000.

April 10— President Roosevelt in-
creased silver price to 71 cents an
ounce.

May 23— Six men killed in naval
maneuvers of Honolulu.

May 27— Supreme Court declared
N. R. A. to be unconstitutional.

claimed world's
crown.

July 7— Floods in New York State
drowned 40, made 3000 homeless and
caused damage of $15,000,000.

July 7— Dikes on Yuen River,
Hunan Province, China, broke and
10,000 lives were lost.

July 10— Suffolk Downs race track
opened with 35,000 spectators.

July 11— Italian press made bitter
attack on England.

July 12— Boston's hottest day— 92.

July 13— United States-Soviet trade
agreement signed.

July 13— Dead letter office in Wash-
ingtnn jammed with 2.000,000 chain
letters.

July 13-Edwin T. McKnight, pres-
ident of defunct Medford Trust Com-'
pany. died, three days after being
pardoned. *

July 15-Total eclipse of the moon
obscured In New England

July 17 -United States Circuit

J»«ttd.E« fear-

ZZ',! D ™' »1» «?'

mrown upon rcr f

fer S e e „ P optt ,t0n K ' eva,cd * a « eon-
Terence board recommended «a C e in-

export! to Italy and Ethiopia.

July 2, -Record crowd at Suffolk
Downs made bets of $645,604. OUII0IK

lJf P l Ir Pr 5!l dent Roosevelt prom-
J^H.M.S. York visited Bos-

AUGUST

Oct 10— Greece abandoned Repub-
-h„ J Ucan forrn ot government.

Oct 11-Exiled King George in-
vited to return to throne of Greece.

Oct 11— League of Nations approved
sanctions against Italy.

Oct 11-Cnrdinal O'Connell ac-
quired new church of the Redemp-
tion (Universalis!) in Back Bay for
Catholic use.
Oct 14— Andrew W Mellon of
irg gave $10,000,000 for art gal-
n Washington.
"'■ 14— Canadian Liberals swept
into office by dec live vote.

Sept fl- -UnH d States Senatn,- « u. preme Judic ial Court of

f,Me!? Cy ; ded business of many

State Cannot nY 51„ i; lfcled In collection agencies.

£ « cl bhouse and ended Its J^ < , ^Cote ^j, -gue of Nations declared

Aug fi-Rhode Island Republicans » T Dre *' de nt Of First National

elected their candidate to Congrew c' lk of BoM,,: '-

<-hn.lesF.Ri.sk. "*""• Sept 13 t'i::t..d States Senator Wil-
li —Bets „t SufTniir r.„ m G - Mc 'Adoo of California 7!

«* reached Ifiaffioo toSS m S2f d ,J u, J , « ,r » e - *«*% '

mnn.h "J.WlMWUln first Sept L! -Howard Hughes flew 353

, . tee per hour, an unofficial world

had most record.

noof pt '», ?, n K n,a «' cn '" c ntrated her
'loot in Mediti pranean.

S( ' pt l °— ' P. De Se-

versky marie new amphibian air rec-
ord d 227.783 miles an hour at De-

*™ Snanlah LJ&E! l ? : Gcrm;,n . v PWd law for-,
vanish ib.ddmg Intermarriage of Jews with
non-,
Sept 16 Italy divided its war fleet

to protect both its coat

v S aT\ 1T , v r rmom dropped from
ridcral dole 1. :.

I Sept 17— Manuel Qtuzon elected
first president of. the Philippine Com-
monwealth.

pt 19-Ethelbert V. Grabill su-
perseded ter of decisions of
=>uprc-i ...i Court.

Sept 24— Jo? Louis knocked out
ES* Baer U1 10m " rounds before 00 -
000 at the Yankee Stadium.

Sept 26 Pre; ideal Roosevelt began
transcontinental and Panama Canal

au&b«^eSSd?.^vS43 V £$& "

—Temperature of 71 made

l o^^ ta , 8SS8tf^-

Aug

ac c tr

month.

Aug 12 Stock market
active day for a year.
Aug 12 -Rev Fr Charles F

\\'\? , D r, ,roit visited gov

at State House.

O^"* '•'',-Bursting of , dam
0\.ida, Italy, caused flOO di

Cough-
Curley

War pensions was signed,

Aug 14 Social Security bill be-
; came a law.

Aug 14-Edmu-id Cote, Republi-
can, resign** from Executive Cour.-

Aug 15— Massachusetts Legislature

S°S8K aftcr lonpCbl "" ,on "

, v A ) u «„ t6 -Wi)l Rogers and Wiley
Post killed near Point Barrow. Alas-
Ka. in airplane accident.

Aug 17- Racing season in Massa-
chusetts showed betting of $21,961-

$3:095.725. WhR ' h M;,lC ' S S, -' C »*

Pr^ ! Ji _T S X, 7 e ' 5 ' r:ke ln Salem an d
Pcabody ended

w°?J 2 3 _ ^' e r York ' New "aven &
Hartford Railroad filed petition in
bankruptcy.

Oct 23-Saugus school committee
expelled sever, pupils for refusing
to salute the flag. 6

of°i93l 3— St0Ck lnarket cached level

Oct 24— England called naval

States France . Ja Pan and United

Oct 24— Fires in Pacific Coast for-
ests did damage of $8,000,000
Oct 29 ... Jersey repealed its
tax law.

onr?n° : "' ~T l ?2$ and nur ricans took
ives In Haiti.

dcnl Garner re-
ceded by E of Japan
Oct 30—Announccment made that
k W. Steams, Boston merchant

had embraced I •,.,

Oct 3i Ex-Mayor "Jimmy"

Newport Wa:kcr v ' c;comcd back ' t0

Nov 1

NOVEMBER

Earthquake

iu , *"" ui quaKe

throughout New England
Nov 3-Gipsy Smith.

shocks felt
evangelist.

23-

Bank Control act became : W 'c h Bueno » Ayres.

Sept 30 -Gov Curley began his va-
: cation trip to Hawaii.

OCTOBER

Oct 1-Inriiana and Alabama went
off work relict list.

Aug
a law.

Aug 28 .Texas repealed it, con
StitUtlonal liquor prohibition clause

Ss coung! MlUnlrtlC ar,ivi1ies in
Aug 2«-Soviet Amha.snrlor pro-

«t«d against anti-Soviet campa gns

in this rountry. ^ " s

Aug 27- Public Utility Holdinu

Company bill became law
Aug 28— -President signed bill to

of y5r! g0 ' d daUW Sui,s »"« «d

Aug 29 Queen Astrid of the Bcl-

fcffl " " 10t ° r " CCident '"

be^o 3 ^^ C ° aI C ° ntro1 «t
Aug f 30-Emperor of Ethiopia deed-
ed half his Empire to Aiirlo-Arner

, ( Aug W-Presiaent signed Neutral-

new high record for date

idfcauW^"" 1 •"■crnFlor-

Vnl "^damage of S,; 000.000.

son of n^ kc ° f Glouc «'er. third
l ,), a, ntalns monarchs, married to
Lady Alice Montagu.DouglasSeott.
- "'— ►— "*'■ . NOV 7— William Randolph Hearst

Oct 1 New York city inaugurated £n« ? t, W ° uld glVC up C «Wornia resi.
Uinoiso crusade. de " ce because of high income (ax

Nov I— Firsl i rg hj B f or

iornia PaClfiC "^ S ^ ed "*»» C«S

Nov B - Sir Charles Kingsford-
Smith, aviator, started from England
for Australia. Believed lost if"
aian O.-eaii storm.

Nov 11 — Italy protested to 50 na-
'ions against sanctions.

Nov 11— President Roosevelt an-
nounced Canadian trade agreement '
: -Stratosphere flyers reached

Craig.

'Of 1 . 2 Maj Gen Malin
U, h. A , became chief of staff.

Oct 3 -League of Nations declared
war existed m Ethiopia.

re?o C t',^ Har \ a,d , f aculty members
re\oltcd aganst taking teachers' oa'h
Oct 4-Peter F. Tague appointed
postmaster'at Boston. w

Oct 5— President Roosevelt with-
drew protection to American citizens

, SEPTEMBER

L„ 2 ,- Bc . t . tin g at Nanai

Sep
oval brok e "al l r'!^ a L Nan agarisett

with§ ow from n „1? r r d ° U - C ° m P an >'
* toperoTg Emo^ Sl ° n * ranted

| traveimg on ships of warring pSSK ! hffi Ka^TSlof J (7.

' tug AdS gTuJSpfi* - - no^eed 1 I^SuVi^S'SS. cei

Oct 7-Air liner crashed into Wy- no J nl " ati onaI gifts,
oming mountain and killed 12. " fi No ^ 1<— Executive Council con-

r^d^aK B SC r£o C KSt alffiSSiw ^ws of
refusal to salute flag ' aeCd 8 ' ' l0 Zli-'Jr 'W* and lorbade thcm

*21^^££13SSE b1v4P^ ft-S !- Great

Bruno Richard Hauptn an" "" °" N^," $£*£i« ? ta i lley B «" d win. a
Oct 9-Son born to Duchess of ' rated\, p7n^ BU . eI « up?0 » inaugu-
Kcnt became seventh in line of sue- monwcaKh ' "' ° f PhiHppine Com "
ccss.on to British .i,,-^. u , """wcaitn.

~ ■ i

Nov 16— Former President Hoover
enunciated 11-point program for fiscal
reform.

Nov 18— Mussolini declared nation-
al holiday in Italy to prepare for
resistance against sanctions.

Nov 17— President Roosevelt enun-
ciated "hands off" policy in Mexico's
religious matters.

Nov 17— Rev Fr Coughlin declared
complete break with Administration
in matters of money, labor and agri-
culture.

Nov 18 — Gales of intense fury
lashed New England.

Nov 21— Lincoln Ellsworth dis-
covered new mountain range in Ant-
arctica.

Nov 22 — Air mail service across the
Pacific inaugurated.

Nov 23 — John L. Lewis resigned as
vice president of A. F. of L.

Nov 25 — Brazil placed under mar-
tial law.

Nov 30 — Special commission sug-
gested new taxes for Massachusetts
to bring in $17,000,000 new money.
Big protest. (

DECEMBER

Dec 2— Trade treaty with Brazil
announced.

Dec 3 — Five prisoners broke out of
State Prison and three deaths re-
sulted.

Dec 5 — Federal Reserve Banks
held 40 percent of world's gold.

Dec 5 — Transpacific seaplane, China
Clipper, returned from first airmail
trip to Philippines.

Dec 6 — Italian airplanes bombed
Emperor's headquarters in Ethiopia.

Dec 8 — Amateur Athletic Union
voted to participate in 1936 Olympic
games in Germany.

Dec 9— Supreme Court denied
Hauptmann's appeal for a new triaL

Dec 11— Ethiopia refused land ces-
sion to Italy.

Dee 11— Gift of $2,000,000 to Har-
vard for School of Public Adminis-
tration by Lucius Littauer, '78, an-
nounced.

Dec 13 — Bruno Richard Hauptmann
sentenced to die for murder of Lind-
bergh baby.

Dec 13 — Joe Louis knocked out
Paulino Uzcudun in four rounds.

jQ ec 14 — president Thomas G. Ma-
saryk of Czechoslovakia resigned.

rj ec 14 — City of Boston brought
suit against Edmund L. Dolan, for-
mer city treasurer, for $250,000.

Dec 15 — Finland only nation to
make payment on debt to United
States.

Dec 18— Edouard Benes elected
president of Czechoslovakia.

Dec 18— Sir Samuel Hoare re-
signed as British Foreign Secre-

"Dec 19— League of Nations rejected
Anglo-French peace plan.

Dec 19— Executive Council rejected !
appointment of Payson Smith as
Commissioner of Education.

Dec 19— People of Italy contributed
,$100,000,000 in gold rings and jewels :
to war chest.

Dec 20— France, Turkey, Greece |
land Yugoslavia promised collective
1 action in case of Italian attack on any
nation.

Dec 20— Manley O. Hudson of
Cambridge nominated for place on
World Court.

Dec 20— Boston lightship rammed
oy British freighter.

Dec 22— Twelve passengers drowned
when bus went through open draw in
; Virginia.

i r> ^ C , 2Z ~ Anthony Eden appointed
British Foreign Secretary.

Dec 23— Col Charles A, Lindbergh
land family left America to live in
I England.

,Ki_Kr!lv Prtilln of California I

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

j Dec 25— Boston's Christmas mail
I largest on record.

Dec 25— Thomas W. Lamont gave
$500,000 to Harvard for chair of ,
political economy. ,

Dec 28— French Chamber of Dcp»-
ties cave Premier Laval vote of
confmence.

Dr=c 28— Steamship Belfast made ;
| final run in Boston-Belfast service
I after 112 years.

Dec 29— James G. McDonald re- j
' signed as high commissioner for
refugees from Germany because of
Germany's persecution of Jews.

Dec 31 — Suffolk Grand Jury re. [
ceived evidence on graft for Boston |
school appointments.

DEATH'S SHINING MARKS

The death roll for 1935 was long,
and calls to mind ihe words of the
English poet, Edward Young: "Death
loves a shining mark." The partial
list:

ABBOTT, T. Grafton, Boston Y. M.
C. A. president, died Oct 24, aged 58.

ADDAMS, Jane, social worker,
died May 21, aged 74.

ASTRID, Queen of Belgium, died
Aug 20, aged 29.

ATTERBURY, .William W„ Penn-
sylvania railroad executive, died Sept
20, aged 69.

BAKER, George P., dramatist, died
Jan 6, aged 68.

BARBUSSE, Henri, French author,
died Aug 30, aged 61.
I BREASTED, James H„ Egyptolo-
I gist, died Dec 2, aged 70.

BYNG, Viscount, of Vimy, British
Field Marshal, died June 6, aged 72.

CAMBON. Jules. French statesman,
died Sept 19, aged 90.

CHIDWICK, Rev Msgr John P.,
chaplain on U. S. S. Maine, died Jan
13. aged 71.

CHILD, Richard W„ author and
diplomat, died Jan 31, aged 54.

COY, Edward H. (Ted;, former
Yale athlete, died Sept 8, aged 47.

CUTTING, Bronson, United States
Senator, died May 6, aged 57.

DAY, Holman, poet and play-
wright, died Feb 20, aged 69.

DeWOLF, DcWitt C, Commissioner
of Labor, died Nov 13, aged 71.

DOHENY, Edward L., oil magnate,
died gapt 8, ag:d 79.

DORR, Frank I., merchant, died
Dec 27, aged 71.

DOWLING, Dr John J., superin-
tendent Boston City Hospital, died
July 10, aged 64.

DOWNS. Jcre A., banker, died Dec
30, aged 63.

DREYFUS, Capt Alfred, French
army officer, died June 12, aged 75.

GAILOR, Rt Rev Thomas F., Epis- j
i copal Bishop, died Oct 3, aged 79.

GILLETT, Frederick H, former
■United States Senator, died July 31,
; aged 83.

OILMAN, Charlotte Perkins, author
I and suffragist, died Aug 17, aged 75.
GOMEZ, Gen Juan Vicente, dicta-
tor of Venezuela, died Dec 19, aged 78.
I GREELY, Adolphus W., Arctic ex-
plorer, died Oct 20, aged 91
HASSAM, Childe, artist, died Aug
aged 76.

27,

HENDERSON, Arthur, British
I statesman, died Oct 20, aged 72.

I HJTCHCOCK, Frank H o,

March 6. aged %4 Pe Court ' died
J?Sfe »■* -'or, died Sept

die^^^^, British adrnira,

•KB^t ***** — •

., 1ULt . Arthur D chemieol ».,
lineer. died Aug 1, aficdW
B MacLEOD, Frederick r <„.». ,
Superior Court, died Oct 18 . .?£ «

PAYNE, John Barton, head of

TWELVE LEADING NEWS

STORIES OF 1935

JMlton of leading newspaper; and
new, associations, numbering 183
vo ted on the 12 greatest stories of
JS35, and the result of their vote, is
here given:

1 ~ Su ,S"2f C " urt ri,!i "Ss a/Tect-
mg New De;:! policy 1 8 -j

- Italo Ethiopian War . j 5 o

D w:w°^ ui . Ro — d 126

5-Assassination of Huey r. Long. 123
6-Inau 2 u:r,t,,,n of transpacific
•irmail and passenger serv-

^ L . DO

7 F, ;'!r d , ; ' b S' rrv - up ■»«« wreck
of the S. S. Dixie.. 7 j

flight* balI °° n rceord

9-Joa Louis' championship 50

10-Destruclion of the diri e ,blc

Macon 44

11 Rearmament of Germany.'".! 4-

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Boston Mas*

Glol>e

died Jan 24

American l?cd Cross
aged 80.

L* H r S riu ? II. Pope of Greek Ortho-

do.\ Church, died Dec 29 aeerf fiV
CLSUDSKI, Joseph. Poland* SlU

• political leader, died Tl'ay

JER w,lcy ' aviator ' died Au « «.

p UPW. Michael I., inventor ,„d
ROBBINS, Warren D TT«H j

Stat« Minister to SSLAJ^aSS

A*Fg t S'i hn " A " "■* dicd

Feb^fiefo?" S " n ° V(,,i!t ' did
ROGERS, W.1I, humorist and phi- •'

RUSSELL, George William (A E >
SClFui d -', Pd •""■ v '- «Bed 68^ N
SLHALL, Ihrynns D„ Lulled State.
Sector from Minnesota, SedDec*£

tn SMI ™-. Sidney, newspaper car-

SlivhA^?' 2 °' B SedS8 P '

SUNDAY. Rev William A ;BiIlv>

TO g D e D St - dled n N ° V 6 ' W* '2 I

die T d^2 r 3 Cr a C g y ed R '75 railr0adP:CSiden M
VAN SWERINGEN, Mantis J rail-

WAITERS. William r d .
merchant &*S?Jl ? **°"

Nc uVor'k L T'mes " diT\,"' an «««
aged 68. ' d ' Cd March 20,

WILLIAMS. Walter mtl.

'wVlyV^ fQSt prcsi -

WILSON, Franrf. ,.„
Oct 7, aged «.|[ "' comedlar <. died

12— Kidnaping of George Weve,-

wiser • 40

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Boston Mass.

Globe
Boston, Mass.

New Year's Greetings
J From Gov Curley

STATE TO PRESf
WORK IN HARBOR

Has $13,000 Available
as Share, Says Curley

Governor Going to Washington
for River Projects Funds |

Gov Curley's New Year's greet-
ings to the people of Massachu-
setts are as follows:

"The year 1936 gives promise
of opening in a more inviting
manner than any y car that
America has known for the past
s.x years. Not only the sunshine
of Heaven but the sunshine of
prosperity appears to penetrate
every portion of our country

"The task that lies immediately
ahead in the development of an
economic and humanitarian pro-
gram will unquestionably tax the
talent and ingenuity of the
^merican people, but animated
by faith in God, in themselves
and in our common country, we
will succeed in solving our prob-
\l? S \u\ e T can without .fear enter

^t^uhe w by carfii - minthe ^-

u« mat the blessings in store for
the people of America will be
more abundant than ha ever
previously b C en the lot of he
American people.

belief ^ 'SSS an j™ted by this
itu ! d sustai »cd by this faith,
extend I ^ xcccd 'ng pleasure to
extend a Happy New Ycar to the

weaith.' PC0Ple 0t lhc Commo " !

The state will proceed at once
to cooperate with the Federal Gov-
ernment in undertaking improve-
rnents to Boston Harbor, according
to Gov Curley, who said yesterday
the Commonwealth has made avail-
able $1,300,000 for its share of thb
work, for which the Government,
allotted an initial $1,000,000 on
Monday. '

At the same time the Governor
announced he will go te Washing-
ton Tuesday to press for initial ap-
propriations for the Connecticut-
Blackstone River projects. He said
he would stay in the Capitol for
the Jefferson Day dinner, there. I
I want to get some appropria- I
lions as a commitment on the Fed- !
oral Government's part," the Gov-
ernor said of the river projects. ,
An initial allotment of $1.000 00*
for each would be sufficient to start
the work." While in Washington
^"^uHey will also seek to find
out vk'nar-rras. happened to the lone
promised Federal grant for con
etruction of the new National
tiuard camp at Bourne

About 400 men are now em-
Ployed in Bourne, but thev are

= n!T R paid J out of W - R A - '^nds
and are do ln g preliminary land
clearing and road building 'work.

End of iS-Yeor Fight

Discu.-ing the harbor projects, Gov

rtnS ."■« , apprc,vaI b - v Washington
of the initial expenditure of $1,000.-

« 0,1 s th r c fV CCPSsful eulmination of
m^n"/ 5 ^'' and a s,e P which will
oT, k h'e^. d n0ne0flheleadin «P--
The ?1 000,000 allotment, the Gov-
ernor said, is but part of the $4,500,000
to be expended on the harbor. "The
I11M&}? madp available the sum 0/
$1,300,000. of which $800,000 will be
cxpenaed for the foundation cf Com!
monwealth Pier, contract for which
has already been awarded." he said

The remainder will be spent fot
development and improvement of
contiguous waterways, including trie

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Boston Mass.

dredging of upper Fore River Chan-
nel Now thai the Federal Govern-
ment has made available its share of
the sum originally agreed on, the
State will proceed with its portion of
the work at once." the Governor
stated.

Callahan's Statement

State Commissioner of Public
Works William F. Callahan yester-
day released the following state-

"In connection with the $1,000,000
allotment of W. P. A. funds which
Gov Curlcy recently was instrumen-
tal in obtaining for the dredging of
a new 40-foot ship channel for Bos-
ton Harbor. I am pleased to announce
today that the Commonwealth is
taking immediate steps to cooper-
ate.

"The State will undertake at once
to dredge approach channels in the
inner harbor, starting from Common-
wealth Pier No. 5 in South Boston
and at the Boston & Albany piers in
East Boston, and continuing out to
meet the proposed new Federal 411-
foot channel.

"The funds for this work will
total between $200,000 and $250,000,
and will be taken from the bond
issue money. Our approach chan-
nels will be of the same 40-foot
depth as the main ship channel. Our
plans and specifications for our end
o' the work are practically com-
pleted. Bids will be called for at
approximately the same time planned
for the Federal bids.

"The Massachusetts Department of
public Works is thoroughly apprecia-
tive of the importance of obtaining
for Boston Harbor a modern ship
channel which may help to bring
new business to the Port. The
Governor and the department are
also aiding the Port in many other
ways, including providing from the
bond issue xunds a 55 percent share ;
ir the recently announced p-an o£
the Federal and State Governments
to spend more than $718,000 in repair- ;
ine Commonwealth Pier.

"The State is also fully prepared to
commence work on the channel un-
der the Fore River Bridge."

Gov Curlcy said the new channel
■will accommodate the largest ships
and save shipping lines, hundreds of
thousands of dollars in tugboat ex-
penses which will be cut to a mini-
mum here The Governor estimated
docking of a super commerce car-
rier at the present time represent!
an expenditure of between $10,000
and $25,000, and that this saving
would make the harbor more attrac
tive.

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Boston, Mass

JAN i

iyjb

FIN COM LASHES
, AT PR WASHBURN

60-Year-01d Beds Bought
at $4 Special Target

The Boston Finance Commissioj
sent to Gov Curley yesterday a re-
port, signed by all the members of
that body, sharply criticizing Dl
Frederick A. Washburn, Institutions
Commissioner for the city of Bos-
ton, becaure he recently paid the
Massachusetts General Hospital $4
each for 60 very old, second-hand
beds, for use in his department.

The commission says that each of
these beds, at least 100 years old,
actually cost the city $7.98, which
sum includes cartage, painting and
an extra mattress vhich had to be
bought because the beds had no
springs.

Other Purchases Assailed

The commission states that new,
modern beds, with springs, could
have been bought from the state
Department of Correction for $6

" The commission also censures Dr
Washburn for the purchase ol *
20-year-old second-hand institution

kitchen stove from the Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital. The city, it is
stated, paid $50 for the stove and
then was compelled to spend 1 $50
additional for repairs. Anot her
point raised against Dr Washburn
is his purchase of stainless steel
cooking utensils at a cost said to
be $1000 more than, would have
been necessary if he had followed
the recommendation of several ex-
perts and bought aluminum uten-
sils.

Point* to Age of Reds

The communication of the Finance
Commission attacking Dr Washburn s
administration on the points men-
tioned follows in part:

"On Dec 17, 1935, Your Excellency
brought to the attention ol tn«
Finance Commission the fact that the
institution commissioner for the city
of Boston, Dr Frederic A. Washburn,
had purchased from the Massachu-
setts General Hospital, with which
he had been formerly connected, two
lnts of used second-hand beds for
the use of the sick and infirm ".mates
If the Long Island Hospital, the city
.lmshouse In compliance with the
almshouse. Excellency.

^ commission has Investigated the

facts of this and another purchase of
second-hand material by Dr Wash-
burn and begs leave to report as
follows: _ , ,

"For a period, which Dr Washburn
has estimated was at least 100 years
and may have been 150, the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital has had
in use or in its storerooms a very
old-fashioned type of bed known as a
'blacksmith's bed.' Unlike the modern
bed which is easily movable on four
casters and made in joints, so that
its parts can be raised and lowered
to suit the occupant's convenience,
this blacksmith's bed is of solid ma-
terial with high back and low front,
its parts welded or ri verted together,
with only two casters, and on the
other legs a jack arrangement with a
lever by which the head of the bed
must be raised if the bed is to be
moved from one locus to another.
"Its sides are connected by rigid
bands of steel and these rigid bands
are located in the same relative posi-
tion as would contain the spring in a
modern bed. There is no spring to
these bands on the blacksmith's
bed, however, and no spring can bo
| placed upon them conveniently.

j Refutes Economy Claim

"To make up as far as possible !
for the- loss of a spring, the hospital
authorities have found it necessary to
' put an extra mattress on these beds,
I and for this purpose have purchased
! a nvattress composed of a substance
| like excelsior or straw.

"Th:se particular beds are scat-
| tered through the institution, some
being in a basement dormitory occu-
pied by inmates not at present classi-
field as hospital patients, and othtrs
! of the beds located in hospital wards
I and occupied by inmates who are
temporarily or permanently classified
as medical cases.

"When the beds were received at
the institution it was necessary to
repair many and to repaint all. Be-
cause the Finance Commission did not
learn of the purchase until after the
beds had been placed in service, the
commission is unable to say that, from
the standpoint of health and cleanli-
ness, these beds having come from a
hospital where they were in use or
stored for 100 years or more, the pur-
chase was without objection.

"Dr Washburn has contended, how-
ever, publicly, that it was an econom-
ical purchase. The facts found by
I the Finance Commission prove that it
j was not an economical purchase.

Tells of Slate-Made Reds

"First of all. there was a purchase

of 60 beds at $4 each. It cost $1 more

j per bed for cartage to Eastern-av

Wharf. For painting work it figured

I 48 cents per bed, and for the extra

| mattress, because there was no spring

to the bed, $2.50, making a total cost

. of $7.98 per bed.

"The statute requires that all pub-
I lie bodies or institutions, whether
' state, county or municipal, must pur-
chase from the state Department of
Correction insofar as any state insti-
tution manufactures merchandise or
equipment that a public body or in-
stitution desires. One item which the
state manufactures is an institution
bed. While the state sells many kinds,
the one particularly manufactured to
supply institutions like the Long
Island institution for dormitory use
is a modern, up-to-date tubular bed
on four casters with a spring includ-
ed. It sells for $6.

"This type of bed is used satis-
factorily not only in institutions sim-
ilar to Long Island, but in such places
as the dormitories at the Massachu-

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setts Agricultural College at Amherst.
I he bed customarily sold to hospital,
however, ,s a much different type' •

Decries Lack of Springs

"Therefore, from the standpoint of
economy alone, the city paid id
proximately $2 P0| . bed J,,^ ■£
Jot of second-hand beds than would
hn.iah. £" nec ? ssar .v had the city
mm h /T fiUla(l0n ins,i t"tion bed
nom the state department.
, Apart from the economy feature

consideration. The inmates of the I
Long Island institution are all sick
W infirm. They are all potentfal i
hospital cases. A sick person or an i

bed rm n^" mate nePds ^comfortable
bed, and one in which it is easy for '
a nurse to perform whatever service I

econd h ^uT ]rC - Many ° l S
second-hand beds are in use in the

hospital wards. To sick people par!
"culfrly, a mattress of a straw-like
substance certainly does not give the
comfort that would be obtained from '
a bed spring.
I "The purchase, therefore, even If
made on even terms with the cost of a

nof hav m H° dCrn i ' 1?lituti °» bed wo°u f ld
not have been advisable. One mat- i

UP for the lack of a spring and in !
£* « a 2 Se m ir e ?r nd - h * nd materiar
equipmenT.° re tha " refiU ' ar mode ™

I Attacks Stove Purchase

I "The second lot of such beds was

purchased Oct 15. ,935. These were

25 In number, and the price was 25

. cents each. It appears that the first

o P n/w Y, S mad<? ° n ,he '"'Oa. ve
of Dr Washburn. The second came
about when the Massachusetts Gen-
eral Hospital authorities decided that

•hey desired to make use o t the space
£' up i e l by ,hp remaining 25. and ■■

Offered them to Dr Washburn at that
J low figure in order to be rid of them I
, These also cost $1 per bed for car?-' !

"Besides these second-hand bed pur- I
chases, Dr Washburn also purchased
a second-hand lnstltution^dtehen
stove from the Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital. Dr Charles L. Clav sune^
intandont of Long Island Hospital !
was attached to the Peter Bent Brie-
ham Hospital before his appointment
by Dr Washburn to the Long Island
Hospital post. The kitchen range had
been in use at the Peter Bent Brig-
ham Hospital for 20 years, when it
was decided to modernize the kitch-
en and replace the old coal range
with a gas range. Thus, the coal
I range became of no further use to
the hospital.
•'Dr Clay negotiated for it and was
; authorized to pay $50 for i,. g £S
; $12 for cartage to Eastern-av wharf
When it arrived at Long Island It wS
found thai the bottom of it had bera
: burned out and it was necessarv fS
,pcnd $50 more for a newborn

I 4 "T« e ?& n&Dc f Commission can see 11n

I justification for purchasing second.

ihand equipment for the Lena T.?" j

institution. Particularly ln v lew $«*

insistence of the same l,,tV; . f t; ' e

■«Ss?WjsSS"

of approximately $1000 more than
«5i ,, e been necessary had he
followed the recommendation of the
experts and bought aluminum.

'The $1000 unnecessarily spent
there would have been more than
ample for the beds needed if pur-
chased from new stock and a regular
dealer, and would have made it un-
necessary for aged and infirm inmates
at Long Island to go without a b»d
spring."

The report is signed by E. Mark
Sullivan, chairman of the Finance
Commission, and Alexander Wheels- •'

« *A rt t Ur A ellly ' Phillp A - Chapman '
and Robert Robinson, the other mem-

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CURLEY TO ADDRESS
LEGISLATURE TODAY

Convening Marks Second Sitting'

Of Both Branches— Few Changes
Looked For on Committees

Held. Dr (SS iMS"* U . m '-

„™ L Thl """ '"'ion will be the
" COn f» l, "n«»'ll, e l«, hl . OB |,|„ l ,"

Moplcd Each M „, two b

s.55. ii*",' to aS°S. noon "»
... "»i nS,Z. y ""' ""> °"

g oback f ,ot ni ° SSafie '*^^^i
Sftemards both^h?^'"' and »H
Journ for the dw sSfH" wi " »<*>
Moran of MansMHd ^~i?i James G
Senate, Will n»! h« P I M,den J of ,hp
session ^tr^ *

sVorOfl Appears Entrenched

that Thl h »* b !f n some expectation
or 1 h Republican; or Democrats.

Pre, M n m,Bht l Ty ,0day t0 su Pe"ede
Pres Moran. who was chosen a year

tnafau ^'i 6 ° vcr ,he Sena,e - but
rouble has been averted, and, un-

SrnrXT™ h '" g ""expected happens.
Phi a J " ^ 0ran wil1 continue to sit on
inn presidents dais.

•sutfH?* . h0SC " P residen ' a year
rw, . a lonK ™' lle st in which the
Democrats supported him, and the

Senator"^ ' W " h " ,e exr eption of
FrlanH p M °J? u" V0<ed for Senator
hli d £ J' Sh of Bro °kline. who

and 1934. As the Republicans, having
ost Senator Moran. had 20 votes m
the Senate, and the Democrats, with
Senator Moran. also had 20 votes a
deadlock continued until Senator
William A. Davenport of Greenfield
a Republican, grew weary of the
continued balloting and cast h. s vote

e?ected e .' la,0r M °'" an ' Wh ° was 53

t*k£ ^ ep c l,blica "s were highly pro-
voked by Senator Moran's conduct at
that t,me and some of his later acts
also offended them, but they have

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JAN 1

193b

apparently decided to let bygones be -
bygones, and the understanding is.
that they will not try to remove ]
Senator Moran from the chair.

Saltonstall to Continue

As a matter of fact, the Republicans !
could not accomplish their purpose '
even if they attempted to elect a new ;
president. It is true that on paper I
they have 21 members of the Senate. I
while the Democrats have only 19. jj
but Pres Moran is one of the 21 Re- I
publicans, and it is believed that Sen- j,
ator Davenport, who voted for Pies j
Moran a year ago, would do likewise I
today. Consequently, although the -
Republicans have technically a
majority of the Senate, they would
not have a majority on the question
of unseating Pres Moran.

The Democrats have been reason-
ably content with the President of the
Senate. A year ago, he gave them
half of the committee chairmanships
and also approximately half the other
committee places; their demand for
what they believed to be an equitable
distribution of the committee places
was what led the Democrats to make
the plot against the reelection of Pre*
Fish. Senator Joseph A. Langone Jr
of Boston, a Democrat, became of-
fended with Pres Moran towards the
end of the 1935 session, but it is said
that the Boston Senator will not make
any move aimed at ouster pro-
ceedings.

Speaker Saltonstall will continue to
preside over the House. No effort will
be made to select another speaker.

Only Minor Changes Likely

The presiding officer of each 1 1
' branch will announce today, or before j,
i the end of the week, the committee j;
I appointments for the year. A few p
i unimportant changes will be made, i
i but for the most part the committees l|
will have the same members they |,
: had in the session of 1935.

Three members of the 1936 Legisla-
1 ture hold other state offices as well |
I as their seats in the General Court. |1
'Senator Joseph C. White of Boston .
i has been for several months director
• of the telephone division of the Pub-
lic Works Department

Since the adjournment of the Legis-
lature of 1935, Gov Curley has ap-
I pointed Senator William b. Conroy of
Fall River to be a member of the In-
dustrial Accident Board, and Repre-
sentative Ernest J. Dean of Chilmark
to be Commissioner of Conservation.
Senator Conroy has obtained leave
of absence from his duties on the
state board. Senator White and Rep-
resentative Dean cannot receive pay
for both offices': it is taken for
granted they will prefer the salaries
i of the appointive places they hold.
The number of petitions for legis-
lation this year is less than it was in
I the corresponding hour in 1BS5. Tne
time within which bills may be filed
with the clerk of the House or the
Senate will expire on Saturday,
Jan 11.

/ State House Briefs

By HENRY EHRLICH

Gov. Curley said yesterday he will be in Washington, instead
of Boston, for the Jackson day dinner. The trip will aive him an
opportunity, he added, to press once more for federal money for
the Connecticut and Blackstone river projects.

formulating a way out of the new
rate because "we cannot sit idly by

•'These projects are by no means
dead," the Governor declared. "I
want to get some appropriation as
a commitment on the lederal gov-
ernment's part. A million dollars on
each river project would serve at
lease to start improvements."

and allow our district to be dis-
criminated against so flagrantly."

— KfcAree also seeks legislation to

make the state milk control board

:i permanent institution. The board

was established as an emersjsney

Governor said that while in Wash- bodv Bn(j m fe t the law would go out

ington he would also take up the Ql ex j s t e nce in June. McAree's bill

question of the camp site in Bourne.

Meanwhile the

nounced that 400 men are at Present
employed in the clearing ot the
Bourne camp site, and that by the
end of the week the number will be
Increased to 700. There is every in-
dication, he said, that the job will
last for six months. He pointed nut
that so many men have been taken

i would place the board under the-su-
„„„„„„,, an _ : pervision of the department of agri-
Govemoi an *,.,_. o . „, n „ lri ,, rnvifiR f or the

i culture and would provide for the
appointment of the board members
by the commissioner instead of by
the Governor.

A gas or electric company would
not be permitted to collect penalty
charges in excess of 5 per cent, of
- the amount of the bill from custom-
cm that it has been necessary to ob- ; era who fail to pay on time if a bill
fair . « waiver to employe men from! offered by Representative Elmer C.
S£ Wvei ,*£ Bedford and Plym- Nelson of Milford is enacted into
outh. So far, S123.000 has been al-
located for the work.

Representative Frederick E.
Fierce of Greenfield filed a bill
yesterday calling for the appoint-
ment of two associate commission-
ers in the department of corpora-
tions and taxation. One would be
appointed by the Governor for
two years and the other for three.
The concurrence of at least a ma-
jority of the commissioners would
be necessary in every official act
of the department.

Representative Frank M. Leonard!
of Boston wants to reduce the inter-
est charges on small loans from 3 to
V-2 per cent.

An investigation by a special com-
mission into the management of the
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Company is sought in a re-
solve filed by Representative John
B. Wenzler of South Boston. The
same member would exempt from
taxation property valued at $3000
used for dwelling purposes by the
owner, provided that he is in needy
circumstances.

As predicted Monday by Rcpre-
: sentative Prank L. Floyd of Man-
'., Chester, the Legislature will be
l! asked during the coming session to
| establish a flat rate for compulsory
j automobile insurance. A measure
!| was filed with the house clerk yes-
terday by Representative Timothy
J. Murphy of Dorchester, who comes
from a high rate district.

In the protest that has been
raised over the increase, from
$3.25 to S9.75 in the cost of guest
insurance, Senator Charles A. P.
McArce of Haverhill "respectfully
joined." He called upon Francis i.
DcCelles, the insurance commis-
sioner, to hell) the Legislature in

law.

A bill which would permit the re-
instatement of the Boston police
who struck in 1919 was filed by Rep-
resentative John Philip of Boston.
The petition would authorize the re-
instatement in the classified civil
service ot state officers and employes
who have become separated from
the classified civil servics by suspen-
sion, discharge or for any other

i cause except inability to work on ac-

I count of illness.

The state civil service commis-
sion announces that 810 men and
women have filed applications for
examinations scheduled for Jan.
11. Of this number, 275 seek to
become fish and game wardens,
350 would go on the telephone op-
erators' list, 62 wish to be hospi-
tal ushers, 51 havo filed for poul-
try inspectors, 32 will try for the
position of meter reader in Haver-
hill, 20 seek to become elevator
men in Fall River and 10 will try
to become public welfare visitors
in Wcstflcld.

The city of Boston was authorized
by the state emergency finance com-
mission yesterday to borrow $3,000,-
000 against tax titles, the proceeds
of which will be used to pay off reve-
nue, loans for 1935. Authority was
given the town of Harwich to bor-
row $143,000 for a new water system,
and Pittsfield was permitted to bor-
row $100,500 for the construction of
three bridges.

A mental examination of all pris- '
' oners in correctional institutions
was advocated by Gov. Curley in a
letter yesterday to Arthur T. Lyman,
state commissioner of correction.
The examination would be made, the
i Governor said, "so that insane priS-
I oners might lie housed in proper
state institutions."

' I

•

' Wl11 Provide for the elimination of
rT8SS UlPPing SerVICe ' the annual imposition of a state tax

2 Park Snnaro I on the citles and tcnvns -

^iam square Wlth three exceptlons the mm _

Boston Ma&S. bership of the two branches will be

BJfc&aao.^OD-CHKHJO-aw^U^O-O^-CiS the same as tf >at which served lait

year. The new members are Senator

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GENERAL COURT
BEGINS SECOND
SESSIONTODAY

Senate Foes of Moran

Give up Fight to Replace

Him as President

CURLEY TO REVEAL
NEW TAX PLANS

Governor's Message to

Require Two Hours for

Delivery

By W. E. MCTXINS

Republican senators hostile to
James G. Moran of Mansfield, presi-
dent of the Senate, yesterday
abandoned their fight to deprive
him of the chair today when the
legislators assemble at the State
House for the opening of the second
session of the 149th General
Court.

Anticipating a contest to retain
the presidency. Moran obtained
pledges of support from several of
his Republican associates who last

William H. McSweeney of Salem and
Representatives Axel U. Sternlof of
Worcester and William Stockwell of
Maynard. McSweeney will succeed
. the late Senator Albert Pierce.
Sternlof will take the seat of the late
; Representative Victor Rolander.
while Stockwell was elected to suc-
ceed Postmaster Frank C. Sheridan
of Maynard.

The political divisions of the two
branches will see the Senate Re-
publican by 21 to 19 and the House
Republican by 125 to 115.

In an advisory opinion rendered
yesterday. Atty.-Gen Paul A. Dever
ruled that legislators serving the
commonwealth in a dual capacity
are legally entitled to only one sal-
>r with the member himself de-
eding which of the two salaries he
will accept.

This ruling was made to apply to
j Senator Joseph C. White of Boston,
director of the state division of tele-
phone and telegraph: and Repre-
sentative Ernest J. Dean of Chil-
mark, state commissioner of con-
servation, both of whom will con-
tinue their legislative duties.

While there will be some changes
in the committee assignments of the
two branches, the floor leadership as
well as the presiding officers will re-
main unchanged. Representative
Martin Hays of Boston will continue
> to be Republican House floor leader
While Senator Donald W. Nicholson
of Wareham will resume his duties
as Republican floor leader of the
Senate, s post he abandoned late in
193;i after a disagreement over policy
with President Moran.
j One of the important issues to
| come before the current session is

^L f / ipp( T llonment of the House,

feenate and council districts

,J hc , le 8islators had filed less than
400 petitions of various description
Senate clerks

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FIN COM SCORES "^
USED BEIT DEAL '

Assails Washburn's Purchase
For Almshouse. Hospital

The Boston finance commission,

in a report to Oov r^-i^ r:|

-- r- .~..o ui \ HI 1U

when the House and

year cast their votes for former . £Z. ZT*Z '* *'*

President Erland F. Fish of Rmnt. ' „„°?. ed J^lr offices .yesterday after

President Erland F. Fish of Brook
line. That contest produced a sen-
sational filibuster climaxed by
Moran s election.

Abandonment of the plans to
elect a successor to Moran means
that the House and Senate will
organize in routine manner this
morning, thus releasing the 'mem-
bers of the two branches for at-
tendance at a joint convention at
high noon to hear Gov. Curley read
his message in the House chamber
TWO-HOITR MESSAGE
It is expected that the Governor
will require two hours to complete
the message, the high spots in which
will be his recommendations for a
program of taxation and for a new
system for the voluntary retirement
of high court judges.

The Governor's new views on
taxation will be anticipated wHh j
considerable interest because of his j
recent announcement that he pro

^^■oadvnnce suggestions that. , budget

i | " oon bllt the expiration date

filing measures is Jan. 11 and ob-
j servers anticipated that the normal
j ; amount of business will be placed be-
|! lore the Legislature by that time

t ! npHf?<T Sent Ule nunlber of Pending
petitions is more than 100 less than
the number on file at this time

| last year.

II Chief interest among the House
members will be the decision reached
b> Speaker Levcrett Salionstall with

I tain c Dean as a member of the
[ways and means committee
; Dean has served on ways and
means for three years. in la"
years session he broke awav from
his Republican associates on this"
commmce and cast his lot with
Go . Curley* policies. Because of

as state commissioner of conserva-
tion the speaker may replace him
on thus important committee
It has been pointed put that as

corZin"' r f " 1P WaVR ™ A ™ans
con nu tee Dean would have an im-

pouant part in determining the

appropriation for his department.

J°' . Wllch he also has prepared a

laad the purchase of' 85 •■■
second-hand ' beds by Dr Frederic
A. Washburn, e:. ol Boston Instltu-
( tions commissioner, lor use at the
; almshouse and hospital at Long Is-
l land. The investigation of the pur-
chase was made at Gov. Curley's re-
quest.

The beds in question were bought
rrom the Massachusetts General
Hospital, where they had been in use
by patients (or more than 100 yean

The beds desenbe,: ,, nlqn( .

iron, blacksmith forged and In one
piece, were bought in two lots, and
after betas ted were i

in service at Long i

The finance commission in des-
cribing the bed said the side
connected b bands located in

the same n

In a sprmg m a modem
rnere Is no spring to these ba
said the commission, "and no sarini
ean be placed upon them conve?
niently. To make up for the lo
a spring the institution authorities
have found it necessary to put an
extra mattress on these beds and for i
thus purpose have purchased a mat- !
composed of a substance like
lor or stra
Some of the beds, according to the
commission, are being used by in-
niRtes of the almshc.
cut classified as hospital patients.
and others. In hospital wards, by in-
mates who are temporarily or pcr-
I manently classified as medical
cases.' 1

I The commission • -e with

j I3r - v; ' contention that, the

| purchase was an economical one.
Sixty of the beds were bought for $4
! each and the Other 25 at 35 cents
each • Adding the cost of trucking,
painting and an extra mattress the
ures the total cost of
the first lot at S7.98. The commis-
pointed out thai the state insti-
lls manufacture up-to-date beds
suitable for inmates of the alms-
$6.
'The inmates of the Long island
lion.- said the commission.
II sick or infirm. Thev are all
potential hospital cases. A sick per-
' an infirm person nerds a
comfortable bed. Many of these beds
are in use in the hospital wards. To
sick people particularly a mattress
oi a straw-like substance certainly
tossnoj give the comfort that would
be obtained from a bed spring ■

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JAN

HERALD
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/PUBLIC OR PRISONERS?

Every gunman in Massachusetts will
whoop it up at the news that the Gover-
nor and council are to take "drastic
action" against the state board of parole
because of its lack of sympathy toward
desperate criminals who would like to go
free. .

What is the complaint against Richard
Olney, Matthew Bullock and P. Emmctt
Gavin, the members of the board of parole?

Councillor James J. Brennan and some
| of his colleagues think that the board
ought to accept the judgment of the coun-
cillors on cases of prisoners who want to
return to their former careers. More of
them should be pardoned, the councillor
argues. If the prisoners have obeyed the
regulations of an institution, give them a
break! Turn them loose! Resolve all
doubts in their favor! This talk about
the protection of law-abiding people is just
so much twaddle to some of the councillors.
The boys behind the bars are of more in-
terest to them than are society and victims
of the criminals.

The board of parole holds that rules
are made to be obeyed, and that the mere
fact of obedience to them is not in itself
a reason why a desperate criminal should
be released prematurely. Efficiency at a
prison task, such as typewriting or car-
pentry, does not seem to the board to be
conclusive evidence that a man has so far
reformed that his petition for release
should be granted.

The board believes that if a prisoner's

record in the outside world shows a long

scries of grave offences, he should not be

sent back again as soon as possible to his

old life. The board members probably are

inclined to think also that election to the

' governorship or to the Governor's council

does not make a politician an infallible

penologist.

I The pardoning authority has been

I stretched to an unsafe extreme in the

last few years. Recent developments on

I Bea con Hill show that we are now in for

| pother era of indefensible liberality, unless

™, e f P l |*> llc manages somehow to make it-
| self felt.

1 lUilb

TESTS PROPOSED

FOR PRISONERS

' Gov. Curley yesterday asked Com-
missioner of Correction Arthur T.
Lyman to consider the advisability of
conducting a mental examination of
all prisoners in correctional institu-
i tions so that insane prisoners may
be housed in proper institutions.

It was understood at the Gover-
nor's office that the plan was pre-
cipitated because of the case of
Henry A. Gardner, Worcester pyro-
maniac recommended by the Gov-
ernor for pardon. The matter was
held up when the question of Gard-
ner's mental condition was raised.

Boston mass.

O »CHKH5<KK!-'K«HKH>0-0 0-00-0 000<

MAINE TRAPPERS VIE
IN FOX FUR CONTEST

Maine fur trappers, aroused by the
I. J. Fox Fur Trappers' Contest, are
determined to capture the major
awards. Unusual catches have been
recorded and from all indications,
the total Maine fur catch will far
exceed that of previous years.

Five hundred dollars in cash prized
are being awarded by I. J. Fox Fur-
riers, for quantity and quality pelts.
The contest in which 1000 New Eng-
land trappers are participating con-
cludes Feb. 15.

The judges of the contest include:
Gov. .Ta mes M_ .Ciirlcv of Massachu-
setts; Gov. Louis H. Brann of Maine;
Gov. H. Styles Bridges of New Hamp-
shire; George J. Stobie, inland fish-
ery and game commissioner of
Maine; I. J. Fox, president of I. ,T.
Fox, Inc., and David Lilienthal.
vice-president of I. J. Fox, Inc.

HERALD
Boston, Mass.

J/UV l

tM\ x

1936

RITES CONDUCTED
FOR MRS. SEAVER

Woman Republican Treasuer
Of Ward 9 Committee

Funeral services for the Mrs. Mary
A. Seaver, wife of Augustus Seaver,
former secretary to Mayor Malcolm
Nichols, were held yesterady morn-
ing from the Immaculate Concep-
tion Church. Mrs. Seaver died Dec.
28 at the Boston City Hospital, in
her 75th year.

Mrs. Seaver was prominent for
many years in state Republican
circles. She was treasurer of the
Ward 9 Republican committee, and
an officer of the Republican Women
Voters organization. At one time she
was a delegate to the Republican
state convention.

She took an active part in the
campaign of Gov._£ju£ley, and was
placed by the Governor on the com-
mittee for dedication of the John J
Williams Municipal Building.

During the world war, Mrs. Seaver
served as the first woman chairman
of the Liberty Loan drive in Boston
She received recognition from the
Federal Reserv bank and from the
Liberty Loan committee of New
England in conncetion with net-
work with the third Liberty Loan
drive. -""an

Mrs. Seaver was first woman in-
spector at the polls in precent 7 of
the old Ward 7. Mrs. Seaver was
born in Boston, and at the time of
her death lived at 590 Columbus

SR su X s hM - ass

ceme^ry. ^ * th « New ™var y

MADDEN APPEALS
FOR PAROLE BOARD

Curley Considers Request for
Removal

'Gov. Curley was urged yesterday
by Senator William F. Madden of
Roxbury to Ignore the demand made
on him by Councillor James J. Bren-
nan of Somerviile for the removal
of the members of the state parole
board on the ground that their con-
duct in office is responsible for un-
rest among inmates of the state
penal institutions.

The Governor, however, indicated
that he will give consideration to the
request for the removal of the board
members. These members are Rich-
ard Olnry. chairman; P. Emmet
Gavin and Mathcw W. Bullock.

'! iic Governor said he had received
numerous letters protesting against
the attitude of the parole board
members toward prisoners.

'•The gist of all these letters," he
said, "has boon that there is no In-
centive for the men to conform to
all rules and regulations and become
model prisoners. If a man docs con-
form to the inle.s and regulations
and is a model prisoner, the board
of parole just says that man is a

wise fellow a fox. and that he is

trying to deceive them.

"That is a bad situation and there
seems to be substantial basis for its
existence. If the views of the coun-
cillors coincide with mine, drastic
action should be taken."

Gavin indicated that he antjei-
1 public hearing on any ouster
proceedings and that the' parole
board members will have interesting
stones to tell with respect to the
motives behind the attempt to re-
move them,

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Boston, Mass.

LEATHER STRIKE
DUE TOMORROW

United Union Calls for

General Walkout of

5000 in Haverhill

[Spool*] DUpati h lo The Horald]
. HAVKRHiM,. Dec. 31-Wlth the
jpromtted backing of the general of-
fices in Lynn. Chelsea. Newburyport
Amesbury, and Boston, members of
, the United Shoe and Leather Work-
ers Union voted a general strike of
the 5000 workn-s in the Haverhill
■shoe plant., for Thursday, and called
tor the mass picketing of all fac-'
tOrtes which attempted* to open.

1 his decision means not only a i
struggle between the 30 Haverhill
"WUflUtam and their employes
i kut also among three unions for
i^ntrol of the HaverlUU shoe Indus- !

' ttT! 16 ,". 1 ^ unlons Involved are the '
n ted Shoe and Leather Wtekmf' I

SSSSaJS r ,,om Haverhm ™ i

racturera had a contract valid unti
taught the Brockton Brotherhood

'^- Boot, and Shoeworkew Union

i " was pointer* m^ i™
i turen that Xce the tS tP T mifac -
1 afion look SSShW^.gWj-
' Have moved out of Ham hi?,"
; OOV. CUTley yesterday ga V
[sanction to the Broffl SSthS
"ood activities of Frank a rvli
registrar of motorTehlelM^d
f '"i'»«l to the brotherhood

weeklw , & ' d Ule registrar ^st
■ i-rk that he could either give un

hte Haverhill activities or nrinf

h. pernor announced yes erda v

n. u.« it T WaS JUslifieci in eon -
nuing hi, labor activities, and that

i lie question of ethics which might

- his Influence as a lie

ff»«W$I could well gUS

. "» view of the restdts that have

*en achieved fn the prestation

basic llKSSSS.

J; ; "i»g the two and a half years

Hi which Goodwin has been Inter-

, ' n the Brockton Brotherhood,

the Governor said, 'there has been

j, Pface In the industry, the men have

found steady employment w «

'CtOrj WllMtoC

ons, and a real spfri,
co-operation between employe"
and employe has been developed

J ne Governor pointed out that
*° ndlt ta» .obtaining in Brockton
wen j,, inking contrast to con-
"'"""-•> hi the industry in other
sections of the commonwealth,:
notably Lynn and Haverhill "

He said he could see no justifies-'
tion for disrupting efforts which
might bring good results in other'
shoe centre* imtlar to what has
been accomplished in Brwicton

b u:k a. f. l. branch

The manufacturers have signed I
With the federation ahiliate

Haverhill shoe Workers voted last
: night to continue to have the United

boe and Leather Workers' T 0I ,
repreaent them in all dealings win
the manufacturers. UWU,I ^ S *""

Addressing a mass meeting at h,«

SaSaSK Ha,i ' 5S*£E

t IS ; f nera i o'Banlzer of
tne united Union, declared th,t
P* ke toes would be placed in f
of every shoe factory in Have hi
unless the manufacturers acceded

, to the demands of his union. He pre-
dicted that members of the union i

I would walk out of the factorle" "'a"
though it were a parade "

I It also was understood that the
strike would have the complete svs
pathy of the Cutters' Union wh ch

lion ° a non ^ eder ation organS

TROOPERS CALLED

& SSSr rf ^ S ' *

Nicholas Allien " frf,, 5 ' , emer Kency.

Patrolman and a 't nresen ^tf State
, shal, said tonieht K [ ,\ l cltv ma >-

««• ,l »e place if L fJi W0 ! ,Id clean
I any trouble - radlcal « 8 ive »w

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HERALD
Boston, Mass.

Our Mail Bag I

Exile and Destitution
Results of World War

To the Editor of The Herald:

Much has been written about the '
cost of war to the human race and to
CtWUaation. Armed collision bctwee-
proples, whatever its causes, always
results in injury to -both.

Selected for combat are the best I
endowed, physically and mentally of
which a country can boast, left be-
hind being those far l ess eq ui ppcd
Jor bringing healthy and promising
f f! nili fs into existence. Then con-
sider .the outcome of battles foSght

kUleo , U ;, er °{ the «***K
killed, as well as in the number of

those sent home wounded and ill -

fitted to carry on life's work

But other results of war come into

««h Jf fllce f0r "'"**« has just is-
therl ""^"''""SS-^oalngthat
S ra 8 . r now wore than 1,000.000
Political refugees scattered over the

world as the outcome oi uie world

. war, Including 737 303 Russians 224,.

(538 Armenians. 6990 ins and

ro-Chaldeans and 3300 Saar ref-

: ugees. There are 31,131 aged or in-

and 16.379 children

\ under 12 years of age, along with

20,000 exiles bordering en destitution

! m the Harbin region alone.

The Nansen ol direct

or indirect assistance to more than
15.000 unemployed refugees. y r . 70 -
fugees in Europe are still seek*. :
Ing help. with their fate still uncer-
ild not that embargo on
war - ' ' now desire, re-

•luce I] 'easinKunemplov-

wei 11 Itutlon as the re-

su ^t o; .t of our historv,

and make slble to deprive

men of their home lands bv exile?
Maiden, Dec. 30, E. D. NOBLE.

Sltice Censorship

To the Editor of The Herald:

In your paper of last Saturday.
Dec. 28. I noticed in an article thai
a representative along with others
have stepped forward "to clean up .
the stage for us poor mortals'' It is
perfectly proper for him or any one
else to refrain from attending any
theatre where they think their
morals might be offended.

No matter how much this is 1
shuffled about, other people have al
little intelligence and are most cap- j
able of selecting their own theatre I
entertainment. Should not those
people be allowed that privilege with-
out blundering and stupid interfer-
ence'' Moit assuredly, thev should.
ALLEN R. TETLOW.

Taunton, Dec. 30

Abolish Couiis!

To the Editor of The Herald:

If the Governors feel it incumbent

on themselves (as we have recent

proof 1 to add to their other duties

the retrial and wholesale pardoning

of criminals who have been roii-

teneed by our accredited processes

of law. why would it not bo wise to

take this opportunity to abolish our

courts and dismiss our Judges and

government prosecutors and spare

the taxpayers the enormous costs

which now attend ovrr criminal

trial"? H. L. TALBOT.

Portland, Me., Dec. 30.

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HERALD
Boston, Mass.

JAN 1 193b

PUBLIC OR PRISONERS?

Every gunman in Massachusetts will
whoop it up at the news that the BBgMf
nor and council are to take "drastic
artton" against the state board of parole
because of its lack of sympathy toward
desperate criminals who would like to go
free.

The burglars, the kidnapers, the fire-
bugs, the rapers, the wife-beaters, the
gangsters, the enemies of society in general
will wish their friends at the State House
a very, very happy New Year. And every-
body who was shocked at the man-handling
of Payson Smith will wonder what new
affliction is in store for the commonwealth.
What is the complaint against Richard
Olney, Matthew Bullock and P. Emmett
Gavin, the members of the board of parole?
Councillor James J. Brennan and some
of his colleagues think that the board
ought to accept the judgment of the coun-
cillors on cases of prisoners who want to
return to their former careers. More of
them should be pardoned, the councillor
argues. If the prisoners have obeyed the
regulations of an institution, give them a
break! Turn them loose! Resolve all
doubts In their favor! This talk about
I the protection of law-abiding people is just
I so much twaddle to some of the councillors.
! The boys behind the bars are of more in-
terest to them than are society and victims
of the criminals.

The board of parole holds that rules
are made to be obeyed, and that the mere '
fact of obedience to them is not in itself
a reason why a desperate criminal should
be released prematurely. Efficiency at a
prison task, such as typewriting or car-
pentry does not seem to the board to be
corclusive evidence that a man has so far
'reformed that his petition for release
I should be granted.

The board believes that if a prisoners

' record in the outside world shows a long

series of grave offences, he should not be

, sent back again as soon as possible to his

old life The board members probably are

■ inclined to think also that election to the

governorship or to the Governor's council

does not make a politician an infallible

; penologist. , ,

i The pardoning authority has been
I stretched to an unsafe extreme in the
Uast few years. Recent developments on
\ Beacon Hill show that we are now in for
: another era of indefensible liberality, unless
- the public manages somehow to make it-
self felt.

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HERALD
Boston, Mass.

JAN 1 1936

A GOVERNOR NOT WANTED

The quick reaction in Worcester to the
announcement that Gov. Hoffman of
New Jersey would be the principal speaker
at a "victory" dinner of Republicans is dis-
tinctly creditable to the community. The
toastmaster, Dist.-Atty. Hoban, let it
be known that he would be reluctant to
preside. According to the Worcester Tele-
gram, "a number had said they would can-
cel their reservations unless a change was
made." The incident reveals clearly the
resentment at the blundering tactics of
Gov. Hoffman in the Lindbergh case,
and the seriousness with which the peo-
ple take the forced flight of the Lindberghs.

There is usually only one method by
which the people can express their dis-
approval of an office holder. They can vote
against him when he comes before them
for re-election. Our Worcester friends have
given us a reminder, however, that there
are occasions when the ballot is not al-
ways necessary as an instrument of cen-
sure. A more common use of this tool of
quasi-ostracism was advocated years ago
by Theodore Roosevelt, but. unfortunately,
it is often neglected when it would be most
effective.

It is to be hoped that the Worcester pro-
test will come to the attention of other
Governors throughout the cou-; ry. It should
be notice to them that decency has not de-
parted from the land, that private indi-
viduals have some rights and that the hold-
ers of high office are not exempt from the
ordinary rules of civilized society.

HERALD
Boston, Mass.

J AN 1 193b

,.*. - .- -r*

WILL COMPLETE PLANS,
TO HONOR JACKSON DAY

I The Democratic state committee
•will meet at the Hotel Bellevue at
2-30 P. M. today with town and city
committees, Democratic legislators
and the Young Democrats of Massa-
i chusetts to make final plans for the
Jackson day dinner to be held next
Wednesday at the Copley-Plaza'

Rexford G. Tugwell, who was first
announced as guest speaker at the
banquet, has informed the group
that he has another engagement
Wednesday and will, therefore, be
unable to come to Boston for Jack-
son day.

Among the speakers at the meet-
ing today will be Go\\J5urley, Lt.-
Gov. Joseph L. HurleyVCharles v.
Hurley, ' the state treasurer, and
Joseph McGrath, chairman of the
Democratic state committee.

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HERALD
Boston, Mass.

A.M.

11:45

P.M.

2:15

2:30

5:00

HEADLINERS

WBZ— Gov. James M. t'urlrv.

8:30
9:00

9:30
10:00

WEEI— Texas Christian vs. Louisiana State fnotbail name.
WAAB— Marblehead High vs. Jacksomille All-Stars football

Same.

WBZ— Southern Methodist vs. Stanford University football
game.

8:00 WNAC— (avaleade of America, historical drama.
WEEI— One Man's Family, sketch with Anthony Smythe.
WBZ— Clyde Lucas: Phil Duey; Men About' Town; Jane
Williams.

WNAC— Burns and Allen; Jacques Rcnard; Milton Watson.
WNAC— Lily Pons; Andre Kostelanctz and orch.
WEEI— Fred Allen; Portland Hoffa; Mighty Allen Art Players-
Amateurs; Peter Van Steedcn.
WNAC— Ray Noble and orch.; Connie Boswell.
WBZ— Warden I.awes, "Clancy's Cow," dramatic sketch.
WNAC— 'Over the Heather" with Sandy MacFarlane
WBZ— John Charles Thomas; Frank Tours; Elsie Janis.

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HERALD

Boston, Mass.

STATE WILL BEGIN

HARBOR DREDGING

$850,000 to Be Taken from Ctuj^*
$13,000,000 Bond Issue
The state will undertake at once
to dredge approach channels of In-
ner Boston harbor, starting from
Commonwealth pier, number 5 in
South Boston and at the Boston and
Albany piers in East Boston, and
continuing out to meet the proposed
new $1,000,000 federal 40-foot chan-
nel, William F. Callahan, commis-
sioner of public works, announced
yesterday.

The $250,00 necessary for this
work, Callaha said, will ba taken
from Gov. Curley's $13,000,000 Dona
issue.

The approach channels will be of
the same 40-foot depth as the main
channels. Callahan said, and with
the specifications practically com-
pleted, bids will be called' simul-
taneously with the federal bids

The commissioner added that his
department was prepared to proceed
at any time with the dredging of
the channel at the Fore riter bridge

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HMHMHOHMi 0<W<H«CHKKKHKHKKKKi

POST
Boston, Mass

JAN 1 193 6

SETTLED

When the controversy between
Governor Curley and Registrar Good-
win arose tfie Post expressed the
opinion that Mr. Goodwin was not en-
tirely in the right. We sympathized
with the Governor's position. W-
still do.

But we felt that Mr. Goodwin was
so valuable a public servant that his
services must not be lost. Much can
be overlooked in the case of an in-
dispensable man.

The Governor has settled matters
by backing down, with an expression
of regret at his ultimatum to the reg-
istrar. This was magnanimous on his
part. He doubtless realized that the
public appreciated Mr. Goodwin's
work. Whatever the reason for his
withdrawal of his ultimatum it is well
that he has done so.

POST
Boston, Mass

JAN 1 1936

Jit HOWARD WZ PATRICK. )

"Happy New Year" ii the appro.
priate and customary saluation for a
column today — although the urnl
well-wishing phrase may yet be ring.
«ng in the ears of those who bade old
man '35 a fond farewell and toasted
the health and success of the young.
• ter '36 from dusk to dawn.

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mom to he heard in New
York— 13 mill l a*
That's a f.ir cry back to thos,- day*
of .i radio broadcast
a doien miles or eo. Many
lltort-, no doubt, wish that the
: power of radio signals car.
s of their po: radio
Ined .iu.-( that far today
from the poini of origin. But, cheer up!
We • til 1 have the advantage 6ver rocli
s— our rad!o>: a re ptlll equipped
with that "turn-er-off" switch— a valu-

eaaure of

listening.

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POST
Boston, Mass

JAN 1 193b

WILDTH

ME 13d

{Streets Jammed by Greatest Outpouring of
Celebratory-Gay, Noisy Groups Parade All Over
Gitv— Hall New Year and Make It a Wet Greeting-

I Vl*f ■■•*■■ - ■ HEAVY WINE DEMAND

| Prosperity Spirit Spreads Joy

Hotels Set Up Records

as Thousands

Crowd In

CELEBRATION WILD,
WET, BUT ORDERLY

Heavy Police Details

Find but Few

Troublesome

By all odds the wettest and wildest
rNew Year's Eve celebration ever in
I Boston was generated last night as
thousands of ordinarily quiet and re-
served citizens dropped the cares and
[worries of 1935 and greeted the New
wit h foy fo^ anticipation and

amazing antics. As the new year
arrived, restraint went out the win-
dow, and the dear dead days when
"whoopee" told a one-word story,
suddenly came back. s»

Large and apparently unending
consignments of unreserved joy ar-
rived intermittently throughout the
evening, and by the time the stroke
I of midnight sounded on the agitated
air, bedlam, pandemonium and gen-
eral hilarity were staging a three-
cornered race for supremacy, with
honors about even. ^^

It was without question Boston's
higgest crowd of celebrators on New
Year's Eve, and from all quarter* ot
the downtown area where the hotels,
night clubs, restaurants and other
places of entertainment are located, a
record business was reported, with
sellouts in some of the larger places.
Most of the hotels were running at
capacity and it was generally esti-
mated by hotel and restaurant men
that the crowds were 50 per cent
larger than last year.

HEAVY WINE DEMAND

Reservations In those places d.d not
Include liquor, but the sales ot liquor 1
ami wines exceeded nil other years. Jt,
« u noted at the hotels that there waet
an unusually heavy demand for winea,-,
and particularly of the expensive an^
rarer wines, Indicating not ori^y that the 1
eelebratora brought a taste for good
•Wines, but were alao equipped to pur-
chase expensive refreshments.

Through the police, the Boston I.i-cns-
Ing Board issued orders that no liquor
oould be aerved in any establishment
»f:cr 1 o'clock in the morning, and that
no person could have more than one
drink before him at a time, and that all
entertainment mu»t atop at 4 o'clock,
after which time no food could be
•erved.

This seeming obstacle to late revelry
, *ns easily nveicome, as those of the
celebrators who wanted to make a long
evening of the occasion, made manv
visits to package stores before atartlng
out on their schedule of operations

A noticeable feature of the celebra-
tion waa the early hour at which it
•tarted. Although most of the hotels
and other gathering places did not start
their scheduled parties until 9:30 and 10
o'clock, Ihe celebrators started pouting
Into the downtown section shortly after
1:30 o'clock. At that hour Comn'nn
wealth avenue and other arteries lead-
ing Into the area were bearing heavy
traffic.

Churches Are Thronged

j Ry midnight the city ottered a aharp
contrast in methods of observing the
'"arrival ot the New Year. At that
climatic hour thousands of people, In
the city and In the suburbs, were ar-

(*.—-■, J I <:■!/ ,t

riving at a score of churches to attend'
special <servioes.

In thousands of homes throughout
the Greater Boston area, small groups
of people were celebrating the occa-
sion In a manner marked bv the
friendliness of small groups

Downtown the picture was decidedly
different The streets were jammed
with a shouting, dancing crowd, which
l',i S , Ce < ".'"'""'"S «"tH abandon. The din
Created by voices and noise-making de- '
vices was like the roaring of surf
Stranger slapped stranger on the I
shoulder in an out buret ,,r friendliness I
and a common rejoicing over the arrival ,
of the spotless New i'ear, with all Us
hope and promise.

The greatest gathering of police for!
••New Year's x-jve celebration was an-
other feature, in u lu Back Bay i

■eotlon, a panel, nan was stationed at
every corner. In the area around the
theatre district, where in pas i years
the celebrators gathered after midnight i
* special detail of police, assisted by

more than 30 plain-clothe! n was

assigned to keep the crowds moving

so u to acid sjij chance ol disorde '

Day Men Work All Night

All day men In the police deparlmenl
forked until , o'clock tm« morning
and those on the last shift reported at
midnight and were on duty until s
o'clock. A detail of Uo men was as-
signed to traffic In key points, wiih
special attention given to the vicinity
of churches which were holding late
services. These men were under Lieu
tenant John T. O'Dea of the traffic
division and IS sergeants.

They were specially Instructed to keep
automobiles away from streets near
the churches. Downtown churches
which were having masses at midnight
and at S:80 O'clock were St Joseph's
in the West End, St. Stephen's in the
North End, St. James in Harrison ave-
nue, and the Cathedral of the 1 1
Cross, in Washington street.

By 10 o'clock the streets In the the-
atre district were crowded, and Wash-
ington and Tremont streets bore a
i throng of horn-blowing, shooting young
people, who gave loud voice to their
greeting. One would have thought,
watching and listening to them, that
their enthusiasm would have been ■•
dispelled by midnight, but apparently
they were only warming up for some
real noise, which came exactly on the
stroke which ushered In the next
momentous 12 months.

The big hotels were, hy that time,
watching their walls bulge as merry-
makers cut loose. In those places,
however, the celebration was not en-
tirely unrestrained, but was not lack-
ing In enthusiasm. The large assem-
blies, entertained by food and drink
and hy unusual musical and theatrical
features, were enjoying themselves to
the full.

Two of the latest parties in the
city were at the Cupley-Plasa Hotel
and 'he Hotel Sutler. Go verno r Cur
ley had made reservatlonr'foTT~pTirty
of 2ii at the Copley-Plaza, but at 8.
I Ipck he cancelled the re.-erva-l
vatjjons, because his physician refused!
to sountanance his attendance.

More than 221m oelebrators were at the
party In that hotel, the biggest crowd
ever. The Sheraton room, main bail-
room and all the other dining roomsi
were In use. All entrances, except the,
main door, were closed early. Patrons
were given each a jigger. The pi 1
that hotel was Jfi.tio a plate, which in
eluded the favor.

The scene at t lie Statlei was tnllyene.
by a parly of the Boston Knars' club
attended by 600 In the bajlroom, The
club brought trucks carrying eight KMO-
watt lights, which were focused on the
Providence street door of the hotel and
lighted up that whole side of the build-
ing. The Friars' party was at $20 a
plate, the highest-priced party In the
city. The doors of the ballroom were
closed while the dub members enjoyed
themselves. '

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^^^ungs From Mayor

Pie of H B r o :ton May0r ManSfie,d ' S ^ Y ™'> «««*»« " the p~.
loo/ptp." o aP B P L g on 0riOUS 8nd g ' ad NCW Year U ^ ™ h to ^
there' will e b a e»° f i„ P hT Perity ~ 0f bri * htenin * «<<ie 8 _a year when

Huge Throngs Greet
New Year With Gayety

. . ,. FRIARS CLUB CELEBRATES

1 nev nailer! the New \ par with cheers.

Small Parties the Rule

The entire mea/.anirie floor, with its
meeting rooms, was occupied hv 1200 at-
tending a party of the Saturday eve-
ning Club, and in the dining room the
hotel party was attended b 90 who
'" '■' '"I" a plate.

At a $t price, instead of me $7.50 of
last year, the Rita Carlton attracted

' lai * cst **•* dear's Kve crowd
Mote than 500 were present, taxing
the capacity of the hotel, which opened
its French room, Colonial room, 41a
Ihg room and a number of smaller

1" all the hotels, it was noUOMbls

"11 the ttnali party meihod of eelebrs

"■'■ "i Stealer favor than ever be-'
• Parties of four, eight and tO were

a crowd 01 3S0. and the Hotel l.enox,

ng s in-' ■ dent, had a

parly of M0 a; Jl SO

The sniai parties were particularly

Parker House, which

handled SO pet ceni note people this

year than last - . -. 800 people cele-

1 there, ail of them In small

Traffic Piles Up
Two large parties made up a crowd
of BOO at the Hotel- Bradford. They
were held hy the B'nal B'rith and the
t'a il Revere League of Moose. The
P;if Brook Valley Country Club mem-
bers and the Daughters of 7.ion occu-
pied several hundred places at the
Hotel Touralne. In the northern end

nut aim nr wpiai ,«....,.,.^. >,■ ,un iiui uiri n r o o

scattered throughout the larger hotels ° r ,n<> downtown section the Crawford
The Brunswick Hotel took the oc- House took care of 660 and the Manger
jcasion to ha\e an informal re-opening " m u was 'he biggest party ever
or its Casino. With that mom and the 1 hc!rl M ,ne Manger.
Flemish Room, the hotel accomum-i Many of the country clubs and other
dated M, which paid M,]t and tt.16 JPrt»»tt organlr.ations had parties of
plate. Nearby the Westminster handled 1 ,l "' ir own. On* of the largest was st

HELLO, THERK, 1936! R coe G

T , Worcester c^gSJL' H&^a&ffi^^ la '„» « «

WILD IN NEW YORK

I effi'eonmonwealUj LWtry ^ Jb« I

I large number of the P^ ^^

ldllt y were a **' Bne ° t , p„| ice Martin

r^Tafd" w^lway. th. greatest

problem «» "S^ttM and town,

I„ the " lh "7 8 n raaller scale, but no

celebrat.ons on * '"' ln Wevrri0 uth

) Ps s intense, W«r« n«£ dancing an d

entertainment re permitted to

selling UQUOr, which w wo „„„„

LITTLE W0RKF0R

DOWNTOWN POLICE

-HoTFFs 7oT the night and ihTwa)
siren, and automobile horns was heaid
above the babble on the streets

Police CommlMloner Lewi. Valentine
was so concerned about the throngs In
T me. square that he decided to [take
perwnal supervision of the trftttie
problem, there. .

Theatre, reported brisk bualneM, de-
spite the tact the usual top price. Ol
,, tor a dramatic production ana
pression Prices— Sign, of Prosper!- >h| mug |oal shows had been in-

v „ . creaeed tor the night to »M0 and 17.10.

ty Everywhere J hfl Waldort . Astoria had 3000 persons

NKW YORK, Ue''. M (UP)-Th« »20-a-| moM of tnan , at US a head, in it

Estimate $3,000,000 Spent in New
Year's Eve Celebration - Nighl
Clubs, Theatre, and Hotels Do
Tremendous Business at Prede-

plate dmner came back to Broadway to-, ,
| night for the Ifrst time since the depres

III rt L ■»-»" •" • • — ——.

rooms. Between 3000 and 8800 P«T-
pons i rowded Into the Plaaa, In Rocki

I .ion 1 M lho^an'd;"o'f _ 1 >emons pu*hed, ,,,,„ , ,,„,,, the "B! • Room he-

'ttffir way into .he "hot spots" to cele-i i ,„ ,,„■„ O u»tom.r. away wrly-

brat, the New fear. Smaller hotels and supper clubs of-

Everywhere there were sign* of pro*- „.,,.,, ;1 COC ktall, dinner and m.plemeyis
p,,;:v. Newspaper* carried pages of; u , lh wh | C h to manufacture »<>'»• "J
advertisements of night clubs WOr««4 a . little a. 12 per^ peraon,

', like inis:

,. ■■!„ arotind I7JW,

Boston p-Hc. ^ -»*«* ***

jhttle trouble with hW^'f

Ln. U.t ni.ht. UP-'ff'*

Lumber of WT«U *«J^T^

in the North End, Milk •*£ "£

Warren avenue .tation. totals only

30, which wa. fewer than are ar
Ire.ted in tho.e .action, on an arer-
Uge Saturday night.

ELKS HOLlf PARTY IN
HORTICULTURAL HALL

■_4 thft

, Mora than 1200 persons attended the.

I Now Year's Kve party of the Boston

Lodge, of Rlks, which was held a<-

Honiculturat Hall. A supper was

I served and dancing and entertainment

provided. The 11 o'clock toast was

1 fob by .lames R. Nicholson, past

*t'Hiid exalted ruler.

■ Sorry, but we are unable to take any-
more reservation* because our capacity „„_ rI nr a | inu
ha* been reached." 'FIRM 1" IKK. ALrtRn

The exclusive "Sixty Club" brought V A\ *V ONF

bark the »20 dinner. That wa« what' QF 36 15 t AL3t «!"■

non-membem of the club were charged,, . . f fire

and the Invitation Hat was carefully A. I. u.ual the hr.t ana .a
limited. Members paid *15 per person, a a i armt f the year were fal.e. I M
r wa ;;g c n e,a, in the "While' firemcnwere ^ e their

New Yorkers who could not get into i alt run of 1935 to St. Mepnen. ana
night clubs celebrated in their homes, GaintWo , treet ,, Back Bay. Some

one .ounded a fal.e alarm there a.
parting ge.ture to Mr. 1935. Four
minute, after midnight apparatu. in
South Bo.ton were called to Ea.t

and it was estimated that the city'.
retail liquor stores did *l,IHT0,tKX) worth
of business. Add that to the 12,000,090
I spent in nighl clubs, hotels and bars
and New York's bill for a "prosperity
New Year's Bve" came to $.1,1)00,001).

hotels and Theatres .lammed Ninth and Dorche.ter .treet., to be

The lights of Times square blazed ' greeted by a cheering crowd. Tb
In thousands. Many were hurrying to run wa§ , ne d epar t m ent's fir.t for
theatres, others were drifting aimless- , ii.lv,

IV ready to blow horns and throw con- 1936 and when it reached the bo
Eetti when bells boomed In 1936 foun4 th* alarm wa. fal.a.

Mayor Florello H. L,aOuardla su.-i r

pended his edict against unnecessary

il I

FREE MARRIAGE

IF GIRL PROPOSES

CHICAGO, Dec. 31 — Justice of
the Peace Henry F. Wallenwein took
time off today from hi« job at No. 1
marrying justice of Lake county to
make an announcement that during
1936, leap year, he will marry
couples free of charge. There's a
atring to his proposition, however.
To receive the offer, the girl must
make the marriage proposal, he said,
and both she and her swain must ad-
mit this to the judge.

Since he took office in May, 1929,
Mr, Wallenwein has married 14,000
couples. In 1932, when he made the
same Leap Year offer, 29 couples
took advantage of it.

iHORN MERCHANTS

REAP A HARVEST

One reason for the noUiett New '
Ycar'» Eve greeting* in yeart wat t
the almost universal distribution of
tin horn*—— in tone and shape much
like the fish pedler's horn* of old —
thrnufthoirt the downtown section. It
■eemed that almoit everyone had one j
of these noise-maker*. The answer )
was held hy some enterprising mer- I
chants who got hig supplies of them
and posted themselves at practically
all of the important corners.

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POST

Boston, Mass

JAN 1 j93fi

GENERAL
COURT TO

CONVENE

BANK ALARM RINGS
TWICE WITHIN HOUR

At the height of the New Year's
Eve celebration, a vault alarm on the
outside of the Pilgrim Trust Com-
pany, 31 Milk street, sounded twice
within an hour, each time attracting
police cars, which roared through the
crowded streets to get to ihe bank.
The alarm, it was discovered, was set
off accidentally by clerks working on
a late audit.

Organ Grinders Pass

Out With Old Year

NEW YORK. Dec. 31 (AP)—
Tony, the organ grinder, shuffled his
feet on a pile of snow, and ground
out "The Sidewalks of New York"
today, seemingly unmindful of the
doom of his profession at midnight.

At that hour the grind organ was
destined to join the tandem bicycle in
the linbo of things past. Paul Moss,
commissioner of licenses, served
definite notice last spring that no li-
censes for itinerant musicians will be |
issued for 193sS or thereafter.

•

Governor's Message to
Come About Noon

Barred From Two Salaries

The new members will have to be
assigned to committee places and the
presiding officers will make other
changes in committees, In most In-
stances at the request of v: rlous mem-
bers.

Three members of this year's Senate
and one Hepresentative hold other
prominent positions in the State serv-
ice. Senator William S. Conroy of Fall
River is also a member of the Indus-
trial Accident Board; Senator Joseph
C. White of Jamaica Plain is head of
the telephone and telegraph division
of the State department of public utili-
ties, and Senator Charles T. Cavanagh
I is clerk of courts in Cambridge. Rep- j
I resentative Krnest H. Dean of Chil- '
mark is commissioner of conservation. '
Under a ruling by Attorney-General '
| Paul A. IJever yesterday, the four '
I legislators may elect which salary they ;
j shall collect, but they cannot collect :
two salaries from the State Treasury, i

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POST
Boston, Mass

Tod

Headliners Today

The second session of the 149th
General Court will convene at the
Stale House today, with both brandi-
es in joint session listening to the
message of Governor Curley and his
recommendations for legislation dur-
ing the year.

The Senate and House will meet in
their respective chamber) at 11
o'clock. President James G. Moran
of the upper branch and Speaker
l.e>"rett Saltonstall of the House will
make brief addresses urging attention
to business closely to the end that the
session this year may be shorter than
the record session of 193S, which sat
from Jan. 2 to Aug. IS, a period ol
225 Bays.

MESSAGE ABOUT NOON

After the usual parade of CommlttAM
between the two branches, the Senate
will join with the House in the latter's
chamber. A Joint committee will then
notify the (iovernor that the Joint con-
vention is in session.

The Governor and vnembers of the
Executive Council, with other State of-
ficials, will enter the House chamber
about noon and the Governor will begin
reading his annual message.

The message Is nearly 12.000 words in
length and it is expected that more
than an hour will be consumed in Its
delivery.

There will he one new Senator, Wil-
liam H. McSweeney of Salem, who suc-
ceeds the late Albert Pierce of the
same city. Two new members will take
their scats in the House— Axel V.
Sternlof of Worcester, who succeeds
the late Victor Rolander of that city,
and William Stockwell of Mavnarrl!
succeeding Krank C. Sheridan of
Maynard, who resigned to become
postmaster of his town. The only
change in the political complexion of
either branch will be that Mr. Stock-
well Is a Republican and his predeces-
sor, Mr. Sheridan, was a Democrat.

11:00 a. m.-~ WBZ. International
i House — Columbia University pro-
| gramme— Greetings by foreign students
| to their native lands.

11:45 a. m.- WBZ. Annual Message
to Massachusetts Legislature by Gov-
ernor James M. Curl ey.

1:30 p. ra. -TO." "New Years,
Past and Present," Professor Robert E.
Rogers of M. L T.

2:15 p. m.— WEEI. Sugar Bowl
Football Game— Texas Christian vs.
Louisiana State, from New Orleans.

2:*0 p. m.— WAAB. Marblehead
High-Jacksonville All-Stars football
game.

3:30 p.m.— -WNAC. Twelve Crowded
Months, dramatization of 1935 High-
lights.

5:00 p. m.— WBZ. Rose Bowl foot-
\ ball game — Southern Methodists vs.
i Stanford University; Don Wilson and
i Ken Carpenter, announcing from Pasa-
] dena, Cal.

8:00 p. m.- WNAC. Cavalcade of
; America — "Declaration of Independ-
ence," historical drama.
8:00 p. m. WEEI. One Man'!
I Family, dramatic sketch.

8:30 p. m.— WNAC. George Burn"
'. and Gracie Allen, with Jacques Re-
nard's Orchestra.

8:30 p. m.— WEEI. New England
, on Parade— Schubert musical club of
1 Maiden.

Q:00 p. m— WNAC. Lily Pons,
, soprano with orchestra and chorus.

9:00 p. m.— WEEI. Town Hall To-
! night, with Fred Allen, comedian.

9:30 p. m.~ WBZ. Warden Lawel
i in 20,000 Years in Sing Sing — "Clancy's
Cow," dramatic sketch.

0:30 p. m.— WNAC. Ray Ncble's
Orchestra and Connie Boswoll, vocalist.
10:00 p. m.— WEEI. El Caballero—
> Spanish Operetta.

10:00 p. m.— WNAC. Over tht
Hen (her, with Sandy MacFarlane.

10:00 p. m.— WBZ. John Charles
Thomas, baritone, with Elsie Janis,
guest artist.

10:45 p. m.— WBZ. The Band Goes
to Town —Ella Logan, blues singer;
Wingy Minnone's Orchestra.

POST

Boston, Mass

_J/W1 1936

NEW ENGLAND'S
193 5 TOP NE WS

Highlights of Year in the Six North-
eastern States as Shown in
News Review

Highlights of the news in New England for the last twelve-
month show that 1935 rated high as a "big news" year. Chro-
nologically arranged, here are the outstanding events in the six
Northeastern States:

Jan. 2 — Northern New England blanketed with 15 inches

of snow. • ' — _ ,

Jan. 3 — JamesJVL_Curhiy sworn into office as Governor ot

Massachusetts by Secretary of State Frederic W. Cook. A Senate
deadlock marred the regular inaugural.

Jan. 10 — Senator James G. Moran of Mansfield elected
president of Senate after an eight-day deadlock, on the 19th

ballot. . . . ,

Jan. 13 — Twenty-four persons were injured, three serious-
ly, in a subway crash at Copley Square station.

Jan. 16 — Charles Moorfield Storey ousted from the Finance
Commission by Governor's Council. _ _

j an# 17 — Big snow storm caused death of two and injuries
to a score of persons.

Jan. 23 — Thousands snowbound in stations. Two lose lives
in battling through drifts.

Jan. 23 — Hold-up of mail truck at Fall River yields $129,-
000. Boston men sought.

Jan. 25 — Below zero weather follows in wake of blizzard
throughout New England, which caused the loss of 22 lives and
a property damage estimated at >2,000,000.

CHANGE POLICE COMMISSIONER

Feb. 7 — Or. Francis Everett Townsend, founder of the
Townsend plan, to reorganize his adherents in New England.

Feb. 19 — Joseph J. Leonard resigns as police commissioner
on eve of Governor Curley's move for his ouster before the ex-
ecutive council.

Feb. 22 Eugene M. McSweeney appointed police commis-
sioner by Governor Curley.

Feb. 23 President Roosevelt visited Boston to see his son,

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., initiated into Harvard University's
exclusive Fly club.

Feb. 26 — Abraham M. Faber, Murton and Irving Millen
sentenced to die week of April 28 by Judge Nelson P. Brown.

Feb. 27 Babe Ruth signs contract with Boston Braves.

March 11 New England Federation of Townsend plan clubs

declares absolute independence from the national organization
and its founder. Dr. Samuel M. Dick, leader, battles with Captain
Charles M. Hawks, personal representative here of Dr. Townsend.

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■i

500 O^bM^^^^r L St ° ne Ho * breathed $1,-
500,000 by the will of former husband, Richard F. Hoyt
March 23— Cardinal O'Connell urge, radio censor

EXPLOSION IN WEYMOUTH

April 5— Mayor Mansfield's request for $5,000,000 welfare
tund turned down.

April 10— -One man was killed and seven injured as the
result of an early morning explosion of ammonia tanks at Wev
mouth. The property damage was set at $350,000.

April 13— The worst flood in 50 years inundates streets of
Bramtree and Weymouth.

Apr i' }?7~ Governor Curley opens proceedings to oust
fcugene C. Hultman as chairman of Metropolitan District Com-
mission.

April 1 7— Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace assails
New fcnglanders for opposing cotton tax in an address at Bruns-
I wick, Me.

April 20— Governor Curley issues warning to newspaper
editors during Hultman hearing, Threatens contempt proceed-
ings. Hales Boston editor before executive council.

April 23— Slight earthquake tremors felt at Provincetown
and other Cape Cod points.

April 27 — Federal, State and Providence police discover

SQZ'r ng HD KV ?! J banlt a £ d payro11 ho,d -«P*. including the
9129,000 Fall River hold-up. These were uncovered in the steel-
sheathed sub-cellars in the mansion of Carl Rettich, alleged master
mind of the gang at Warwick, R. I.

CARL RETTICH SURRENDERS

April 28—16,000 persons joined in big Bible Day rally held
in Boston.

April 29— Carl Rettich surrenders to police, following the
capture of two of his henchmen, and the unearthing of $10,000
and evidence of a "crime factory" in his Warwick, R. I., man-
sion. '

May 1— Governor Curley orders Hultman hearing closed
and turns matter over to the Grand Jury.

May 5— Westford and State police arrest James Valanzis,
71 and release eight men and women whom the infuriated farmer
had locked in his barn.

hi f*?u y V A 7 th r?"c y D . iStasio of Revere confesses that he and
hs father, Frank DiSt.s.o, carried through the "torch murder"
at Hudson, a few days previous, so that they might collect $12,-
500 insurance. The victim was Daniel M. Crowley, 50, whom
they picked up on a South End street.

ment M f a «fi Sr^ nnn" 8 °' agiga J nt L ic conspiracy to defraud govern-
ment of $6 500 000 are released by Joseph A. Mayn.rd, collector
of the port of Boston, following liquor seizure at Fairh.ven.

CHAIN LETTERS RAGE

M j y } 2 ~Z- ? miel A - McC *Huni, motorcycle policeman killed

" CC Ma e J iS/^^u^r Cur,e ^ -tomobUe:
tion on hi, ^ T' ral ? ,Chard £ Byrd * iven tremendous ova-

Mai 27 rl T^ ex P? dition to the Antarctic,
•and ^^^-^^»^ .^w En,

married^o'cTbnd E^LJc'd* ^^ °l G °™ n0 * C ^
Holy Cross by CrrdinarO'Conne I fr neiJy " ** ^^ of *"

Vinal J Have^rMt e l'**™* ^"j"* " Uck on B «v Ledges off

JuTr^ixtlTn ?e 7° nS l0St their ,ivM ' 68 were saved.

finally reach , las, R^f P *"* pa " en * er8 in tornado-like storm

York OSt ° n a,rp ° rt after thrilling trip from New

two irkS^s^ss ssr witne - openi - ° f

GOVERNOR'S ESCORT INJURED

on Wote.^rnpIk r e 00 whiU J0 ^- N °° ne """" » kuI1 fractu «
Curley. turn P>*« while doing escort duty for Governor

C<- r yvUw**/.iC_

July 10 — -Carl Rettich, underworld overload, and three of his
gunners, convicted by a federal jury of staging the $129,000
Fall River mail robbery and face a sentence of 27 years. They
were later sent to Alcatrez, the federal prison in San Francisco
Bay.

July 21 — Newell P. Sherman of Sutton confesses to drown-
ing his wife in a murder similar to Dresier's "American Tragedy."

Aug. 19 — Seventeen persons lost their lives by drowning 1

or accident in New England during the week-end, with the mer-
cury at 90 degrees for Sunday.

Aug. 20 — Norma Brighton Millen, 20-year-old widow ot
Murton Millen, executed machine gun killer, released from Ded-
ham jail.

Sept. 10 — Fifty million dollars reported to be allotted for
naval construction in New England.

FIRE IN STATE HOSPITAL

Sept. 10 — Herbert H. Mansfield, Jr., 21, confesses that he
did not marry Vesta Jean Isherwood, 15, of Nantucket, but em-
ployed a "substitute bride" in the person of Gloria Rigo, 15, of
Providence, R. I.

Sept. 15 — Eighty-five women were saved when fire swept
the Boston State hospital at Mattapan.

Sept. 18— Roof of Hollis Street Theatre, under process of
razing, falls, killing one and injuring eight.

Sept. 22 — More than 47,000 people witness Red Sox-
Yankees game at Boston.

Sept. 25 — Thirty thousand persons attend the $50,000
"Beano" party held at Worcester.

Oct. 1 — Newell P. Sherman found guilty of slaying his wife
by drowning.

Oct. 23 — -Forty young Harvard professors form labor union
under the name of the Cambridge Union of University Teachers.

Nov. 1— Earthquake felt throughout New England. Great-
er Boston buildings rock.

Nov. 5 — Gipsy Smith greeted by more than 14,000 people
at the opening of his evangelistic campaign.

$2,000,000 GIFT TO HARVARD

Nov. 1 7 — Three were killed in terrific gale that swept over
New England. For the first time in 95 years a Cunard- White
Star Line, Ltd., vessel was obliged to cancel a scheduled call to
Boston.

Dec. 3 — Three men died in an attempted escape from
Chariest own State Prison.

Dec - 7 — Ne ws breaks of an investigation on charge that
teachers are being held-up by grafters.

Dec. 11 — Gift of $2,000,000 to Harvard by Dr. Lucius N.
Littauer made public.

Dec. 13— Bandits hold up railway express truck on Federal
street and get loot in two strong boxes.

I Dec. 16— Marie Sevigney, 26-year-old nurse, confesses to

poisoning her patient, Mrs. J. Valmore Normandin, at Woon-
socket, R. I.

Dec. 18— Governor Curley appoints James G. Reardan of
Adams as Commissioner of Education, to succeed Dr. Payson
Smith.

DCC J SrfHSft ?* Douce * te » State Prison officer, over,
come and shot down by two convicts, while en route from South
Station to Charlestown State Prison.

« n? r ' . 26 — G"" F,et f her Kelley 37 East Springfield street,

$250^000 an 80 " year "° ,d reclu "' ,eft " forl ™ estimated a£

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Boston, Mass

HITS BUYING
OF OLD BEDS
BY THE CITY

'Fin. Com. in Report to

CurJey Says Cost

Excessive

Qovenior Requested Probe

■ " H ' , " > " the u.
General n osn ,.,, Massa », isetta

W»ce H „,, ", « ; '""d «ow ,

?v«i to the citv ," S or * nf " le b,

'".;;' ">" r.por. "ffuj' «■«■«• to tta

'he request for •
wad, bj th, G , '" lnv< " l «*tlon m

>««■ - had .::.;;', ;; ,r . y 1 " — »*>

J* l-hand bed, V !r " n "-"""' thai

■y CommiaaJonw v' 7" "^"aaad

"'«•« and oSn^a™ '"'"■"' ,y » ,th ««rt

be" D o ' .11 (ft,

« Chair' ,a ,'"."■•'••■•"»■.
ommlasfonera u„v V Sullivan
B Irthur 1 exandei Wheeler,

and R 0|) HP A. Chapman

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SEVERE CRITICISM

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'he ~mmlaa" n "iSmed n M -' "'""■
the etorerooms ,r ". m""'" 1k f """
General Hospital th. , J r »*»* c hueetts
repaired and ,,/,,, '', ?' h,WI lo °"
ha purohaae, ac , ./'V'"; "^ »"*'

The „,,,.,', " IP Governor.
Frederic ' I"""' ■■«• by Dr.

, .,, „, ^ ho j,,, formerly madl-

, RaP Bnyto « " f CooklBg I tensi,.

1 ■ H, Particular?, Mi "'"

'nalatenca of the " " f ,n *

P u «-ohaataa other . ,'',' M "'

Wt< *«" « few n,„n "*'•"' fl "' ■

«■ advtaabl '

'•Deanlt. ,,, r '"

'■■->■ tor exper" "' * tl..

Waahburn taahUd ™ ''""^'i. Dr.

Mm mo„.Hi S8 ""„ ; ;>">i«. ,t.rt

naoeaaan ha" h, 0uW h * v « b '*"

"•"Sum -f the iv'° wed th ' «»»
aluminum. *Perta arrl bought

Oeacribe Second-Hand Beds

Score Purchase of Old Stove
I i lie eommlaalon «i«„ hi«.i
'"thorlied Dr. Char lea ? ru^ ' hat hp
'"ndont of (he |. on „ ,«,'"„!,,/' *" |,p " n -
.Pnrobaa. a si-v, *. ' • """ , " 1 ' '"
ov« from , h / p' " M tJ '' n; " kitchen
Hoapital fni . ,%;:;' f"' R, '' Kha "'
'reached th. ,.,|, „,', . h ."' ""« *«««■ II
W mora to tha X if Z?*P ""»' «'
"- bottom had h. irne, o Z" Z""* ,hl "
"» rt to apcnd »S addi?^ ^' ld lhf ="»

•tovt, majcln, a >o,a, ™^ ,p' COiU
Cost of Old Beds Excessive

'^nXS&rfc £*£>■'* *~

(the Finance ComSi M i ftn to "° veai> h >'

'» » h - elty, .)„..■:;■ "'"! "•« each

protested, addlna ha? ' omm i-"lon

M»fla supplied for tha «„2! W n,n ' 1 '-"'

Maaaachueett. Aei . , ,?,., "'"dents at (h .

Uwhars, coal only tt ItUM1 Colle,. ,

'"r the lot „,'„*
P»"vhaaed hy , lle ," . h ;, d " which WPr9

" ''="» for the i.e.,?' r. ltal ' th ^ city paid

-•.. Miuora llovnit^ii .u ">i«sa.

and ^ cents each

" T '"^ *iihhj unneceaaaFii.
would have !..•<.„ ,wV, s| " ,,u 'her.

'he bed. , ,,' " " , u "' '•'"■'• fo«

_'»«» and . ,.,,';' 7 s " d "'<"" -w

""- d, u ,;.;.;' ;'::• ;,, " j «vo U i d

" iM """ » bad i.|_^« lsU " d '" «o

■"'■'"■•V : }:::" i -;!:".,;„r"-'-"""'"-p'"-

^atltutlon, , ,,. .!;V r ' s '" ">a harbor
aald: ' """'" ComnilBatoa I

»« Fo «t« a ™a B Sd od w _: h i c t h ,*• W-* Dur _

and ma, haT. o," „ _*« NH.1
y " !! ^ General How . ' i, ' , M;,ss «'h„.
"'■ «» l«a s,„,.,, ln "' h ->- had In u ,„ I

'"'"•d tM , bed known ' r5 oW -'«»»- !

•fflltb i Jed.. Kno "" aa a i,i.„. k . ;

«X n "mo, , » »«" »Md is

°" r «'«ed and :,,„,.,'. , '. ts nar 'e can
cupanf, m... the oc

bad la of Ml bUckemlUiy

- ihe o „ W " h ° nly '*"

' ' trrang *f , ,r , lt « "'«• •

wh "-'' «ha head at , h \ lever by

i '■''■"'■' l ; ' lh - bed « , h '' d n " ,s ' b.

one locus In ,„„„,,„" h, .,"_^ from

; »»n«tad by rl«d _'na . * Ulc " « r »
tne »« ''l R ld band, J r , . ° " wl n "d
«m. relative Doalti^.? ocat '' d in 'he

" ' " rill « to ,i u .»e 1 . "' Tb «* I"
smiths' |, ed , however "". ' he ' blae1 *-

'' a " he Placed ",on ,,' f Dd "° ^"Si

"'*■ '" s " of a spru, c , h a * edible for
tkoritlaa have r „_ r n ,% ? e ho «i»»«l au-J
a " extra „,_„ ° e ^"^ «f«arv „ pl „
f °r this purpo,"; _•■«*•*• beds and
«»*Po>S of , .r in r ? ha,,d a »'»t-
•M««o' or atraw' he ; '""" " k * «•
ported ' • co,,, mis»ion re- I

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Igoodwin
to retain
/ both jobs

Governor Withdraws

Opposition; Lauds

His Work

1 ■ ik A. , 00(Ws
Mot the ,h<* worker, of the St*3
«*SK.ven emphatic approval bv Gov-

Ii,lt tliat a«t «peL' it. ,•

.i "cck the dovrrnnr

threMened to »„„•■ M ,

1'c ««d not cease s lu l, activity.

LAtiDS HIS Work

t,,^\ !

HatiW
HOB and hi. „o, ,: "«i-

faotorla.. Af* " ' h "e

Qovarn ..

arhlob lav. u atat.ment,

- h, Vrr -'" d to

vear"'"d' f ' P hI ! "' ?"' ""> - d one-half
iion ' n vll h ' " f '"' or-»uS*J

v*«a. and re. u ,..

Conditions in Brockton
"The conditions that oht«;,, ,. r> .

section, „r *. * (, « vp loped In other
timiitv n f ' natied and <on-

•'""V?::; ,»^.-/ ™--r.?; „;

vdnal in," e (i , h" f°I » ny in<5 ''
o' the c,™,,,, 1 ,";»'W»I "fa

" '»• People ,„ tak ^ s r nv ,h ,*,eps el h'at

g
9
t

e
it
I-

,4
s

would prevent a consummation of re-
sults In other shoe centres similar to
what has heen established in the
Brockton area.

"Under the circumstances, with a
realization of the valued services
rendered by Mr. Goodwin as registrar
of motor vehicles and the eciuallv \alu- .
able services that he has been render-
ing an important basic industry, there I
is no way in which I could justify any
course other than to continue him as
registrar of motor vehicles."

Mr. Goodwin, at the time the Gov-
ernor made his removal threat, stated j
that he would not cease his activities I
with the shoe workers and that he I
could see, nothing unethical in his con-'
duct. Members of various groups of,
shoe workers came to his defence and'
urged the Governor to withdraw his
threat against the registrar. Mr. Good-
win had no statement to make last
night regarding the Governor* change
Of front. •

JBf?*5

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Boston, Mass

JAN 1 ia3b

,! S t.temen*- n<>r CUr,ey **** **** iMUBd the fo,,owJ «* N ~ W,
j "The year 1936 give, promise of opening in a more invitin*

manner than any year that America has known for the £11 ™J
years. Not only the sunshine of Heaven but the sunshine of
prosperity appears to penetrate every portion of our country
of »„ . * j t" ,m ™ edi *t«ly "Head in the development

ablv t^T. "? h " manitaHan P^mme will unquestion-
ably tax the talent and .ngenuity of the American people but
ammated by faith m God, in themselves and in our common C oun!
try, we w,ll succeed I i„ solving our problems. We can without
fear enter ,nto the New Year firm in the belief that the bles.
mgs ,n store for the people of America will be more abundant
than has ever prey.ously been the- lot of the American people.

f.irl, ? } 8P,nt a J mmat f d *>y this belief and sustained by this
faith, ,t is an exceeding pleasure to extend a Happy New Year
to the entire people of the Commonwealth."

mmmin i rrrcc

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION: Stale
Auditor Thomas H. Buckley's high re-
solve for 19M is never to palm himself
off as State Auditor Thomas H. Buck-
ley, that is as himself, without having
credentials to prove his identity.

There he stood before an imposing
group of women at a meeting blushing
like a girl who missed her recitation
in a finishing school because the
madame chairman was giving him the
most extraordinary introduction he had
ever heard in his life. The State
Auditor had been assigned by Governor
Curley to represent him at this women's
club.

Announced the madame-chairman: \
"There's a man here who claims to\

„ ,., u „ ,, t .c wnu V-ldlUlH tO"

represent Governor Curley, but has no
letter or anything— 'else to show it |
Governor Curley is coming here-I'm
sure he is. But while we are waiting
'or him lo arrive I suppose we might
as well listen to the man who says he's
been asked to take his place."

MURDER AT THE* OPERA: The
WW striking tale of the Grand Opera
iiouae on Washington street which Is
nam- K wrecked involves the glorious

»« v\ ",' /' ohn J - Sullivan, Immortal
EES1W * nri ,,al ° Campanini,
MMh ,„, ' enor - Although Ihe two

SMaST'otaTT rf>ally n,e '- ,he s,or - v '

reach „r . cam " within arm's

tenor f 0r * no «*lng the golden-toned
house onene,i * lhe verv n1 *ht the

Hugh o'„S h nd „ ,he theK Mayor

of the box es .,? h man - °«upled one
Companini was . rei " 011 was that
: "":'- »"d Sulliva,, ha'r,)!l' y J 8 " 11811 *
»••«**. of a tn te , ge n \l m £ 1 . CmvaIr ° U8

The tenor, playing Verdi's "Otello"
seized on the prostrate Desdemona and
proceeded, as the play-script required,
to suffocate" her with a pillow with
such genuine demoniacal glee Sulli-
van, and some others, believed the
tenor was deliberately murdering the
■soprano out of a fit of operatic
temperament. This was, after all Its
first American performance. The yarn
goes that the mighty John L. was on
his toes ready to bound like a tiger
onto the tenor- Dot Just then the very
character of the business and the sing-
ing, the baton of the conductor, proved
it was all just play-acting.

And John L. never did K O
America's first singing Otello.

DOWN TO THE* S*EA IN A BATH-'
TUB: Probably the world's most

usurious pilot ship Is the "Northern
Light, whose harbor experts are the
e>es of the ocean liners seeking berths
at Boston wharfs. This two masted
auxiliary schooner was the miniature
floating palace of a Pacific coast multi-
millionaire who pampered himself with

He ultimate refinements of life .Thus
if some vagrant whim took him this

hTuT"" Tk'"' 0n the ,nstant . fke a
tMth on three different parts of the
•hip ,n nibs „f rare Italian marble
»•■"•«'..,». showers, too. Kron, having
"■"< ihe I,,., word f„r luxurv sea
travel the "Northern Light" has since
come Into the hand, or the Boston Wtot
Assootation, and U now a. useful and I

humdrum a working ship as ever cut
through the Boston seas.
*- • • • *

«Tm» , D ^ ,?ALAD FOR A BAD
WHALE: Captain John D. Craig tells
us of the time a killer-whale in Alaskan
waters had a lovely dinner, but missed
out on the main course.
The captain and his fellow-explorers

mifes en ^ m ^ d °" an is,and mm * three
miles off the mainland. One of the
men had the duty of u k | n g a dog-s ed

the'''™", ?* te , n and CT0M, »I 'he fre .0
the mainland for supplies. The Ice
was from 12 to 16 Inches thick

On one of the trips a killer-whale
lying m wait under the Ice, cracked hi,

He devoured the dogs, the sled and the
provisions. But he failed out on the
piece-de-resistance, for the driver of
the dog-sled managed to make his
escape.

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Boston, Mass

To Plan Today for

JacKson Day Dinner

A formidable list of speakers, headed

m..M 0Ver ?$U£Jr J ' Icj '' will address a
meeting, orrnTT^tnocrats at the Hotel

SSrS" at 7,;V hi8 """noon, when

o n / ""V" be mMe ''"■ the .lack-
Jan, f. at " ,e Co P>«y-Pla*a

' mnl h f.J in ," er ,. arrttngeme,1, » w "0 for-
muUted n Ihe first instance by the
Democratic state committee and the
voung Democrats of Massachusetts. It

wen :.;::,n x ' ,cct . e , d ihat R o*<°><i o. tu K -

U,e Jacks be „ the P rlnoi PaI weaker at
accented " P*l rilnner - but *>* has
where"".,, ," ,he V 'n "°" l ° SPCSk e " e -
»re wain L , f' 7 Stato D emocrats
which of Z v r d r P " nite wor(3 ■■ to .
will appe«'r"h P N re W ^ r *™<"»^™ /

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JAN 1 1936

COV.jryRLEY'S MESSAGE ON AIR TODAY

/ ~ " f — _

Big News of 1935 Puf
Into Radio Drama

By STEVE FITZGIBBON
Tin; annua] message of Gov
James M. Curley to the Gem::.
Court will be broadcast over WBZ
this morning at 11:15 Tlie

broadcast will originate in the
chamber of the House of Repre-
sentatives, where both branches
will be assembled to hear the chief
executive read his message

Carl Hoffs orchestra signed for
a new Lucky Strike show . . Hy
Fine returns to the air for one pro-
gram the 15th . . . You'll hear It I
through WEhl . . . Block and Sully
Waller a "Ule Begins at 40" Pit-
kin and Frank Kay go alrwire
with Rudy Vallee Thursday night
. . . Palmolive folks auditioning
Ken Murray and Georgle Jbssi
. . . The program idea Consists ol
a battle of wits between the I ,
and West . . .

'•■ON COB MISSING

Here's one of John Charle.
Thomas . . . Earls Ferris John
press agent, cooked up a stunt for
his opening in the Met Opera's

presentation of "Akia" . . j ohn
who was cast as the King of Ethio-
pia, was to get a ,lon S cub prt
scnted to him by the Ethiopian
consulate in New York . . Every"

thing was all set, cameramen

, were on hand, etc. ... But the
.Kent with the lion cub failed to
put in an appearance .
Twelve news highlights' of the

It's a Good Thing This Is a Silent!

Pri.cilla and Ro.em.ry Land and Stella Friend, 1. ,o r., yodel in their

conceal \V'.y .I"' PiC,Ure ' " May ° r L.Gu.rdi. y „..d not 1 be
F«dW.,i»" Gotham .nt,-„o„ e campaign. The trio ,ing. on

hr.d War.ng. program Tuesday, over CBS-WNAC at 9:30 o'clock

......j, j.i b mi K ms or the

past year, chosen by a poll of lead- Southern Methodist will be heard
ing newspaper editors of the — ''

u'tG'a,™ A. be to"aatU»d over CBS-
WNAC Otis afternoon from 3:30 to
4-30 . . . The program is designed

;to emphasise the amazing histori-
cal developments of 1935

| Two football highlights 'on to-
days radio menu ... The Suga*
Bowl battle between Louisiana and
lexas Christian will be brought to

locally via WBZ at 5 p. m. . . . Both
games should provide plenty of
thrills for dialers.

We like to listen to WCOP's
Sandra Bruce, but she doesn't seem
to be on the air long enough
To us Sandra's alrcasts seem to
open and close like a spring door
Peter Van Steeden hopes to

getting

on his

recent

official

Kame played by 8 t«K 'B ' wSg" £ JS^iTAST.

I Steuben's Jack Fisher

i plenty of nice comments

music . . . Following a

broadcast, one studio

thought so „. urn of it that he

phoned Jack to tell him about it
• . . And if you know studio offi-
cials, this Is plenty. . .

May wa extend to you our best
for the coming year and remind
you -hm the next holiday conies
Fel.iuary 22.

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Boston, Mass.

JAN i . iyab

CURLEY PRAISES
GOODWIN, HAS NO
I WISH TO FIRE HIM

Governor James M. Curley yesterday not only praised Frank
"A" Gwdwin registrar of motor vehicles for his labor activities
which a week ago he Ssd termed "

threat to fire him.

A complete knowledge of the

'unethical," but withdrew his

facts justified no other course
than to retain Goodwin in office,
the Governor said.

Following the issuance of the
Governor's statement, Goodwin
said:

"I knew when Hi* Excellency
got all the facts he would change
his mind. I appreciate his action
very much."
In explaining his reversal of
attitude toward Goodwin.Gov. Cur-
ley said:

"During the past two and a
half years of the operation of
the organisation of workers in
which Mr. Goodwin has been in-
terested in the Brockton district,
there has been peace in the in- j
dustry, the men have found I
steady emp'o.vment with condi-
tions" satisfactory both as to
wages and regulation*, and a real
spirit of co-operation between em-
ployer and employe has heen de-
veloped.

SEES GOOr DONE

"The conditions that obtain in
Brockton are in striking contrast
to those obtaining in other sec-
tions of the Commonwealth, not-
ably Lvnn and Haverhill.

"Provided the same happy re-
sults for the industry can be de-
veloped in other sections of Mas-
sachusetts, there is no justifica-
tion In taking any steps that
would prevent a consummation of
results similar to those effected
in the Brockton area.

"Inder these circumstances,
with a realization of the valued
services rendered by Mr. Good-
win as Registrar of Motor Ve-
hicles and the equally valuable
services he has been rendering an
important basic industry, there is
no way In which I could justify
any course other than to continue
him as Registrar of Motor Ve-
hicles."

PROTEST MADE

: A week ago, after protests had
been made to the Governor over
Goodwin's activities, he said:

"1 told Mr. Goodwin I con-
sidered his outside work unethi-
cal and that he should make the
choice of continuing as Registrar
or continue his outside activities
in labor controversies."

Goodwin replied "No job Is
worth so much to me that I shall
feel called on to sacrifice my
rights as an American citizen so |
long as it does not interfere with
the job."

The trouble started when organ-
ized labor officiate complained to '
Gov. Curley that Goodwin was |
urging Haverhill shoe workers to
join a shoe union group not affili-
ated with the American Federation I
of Labor.

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JAN 1 193b

new bourne camp
Ogives jobs to 700

Gov. Curley announced yester-
day receipt of' information that 400
men were already employed in
clearing the site for the new Na-
tional Guard camp at Bourne,
Cape Cod, and that by the end of
the week the number will he in-
ereaaed to 700. The work is ex-
pected to last six months.

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JA N 1 193b

GOVERNOR READS
I MESSAGE TODAY

Gov. Curley will deliver his an-
nual message to both branches of
the Legislature today when that
body convenes for Its 1936 session.
He will appear personally before a
joint convention of Senate and ,
House. " I

The Governor virtually win,
arise from a sick bed to outline
his program for the new year, a

activities have been greatly re-
stricted for several days by a
severe cold which has kept him at
home most of the time.

— lixu

, ..u »/«/v

Best Bets Today

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1

A.M.
11:45— WBZ-

-Gov. Curley, Annual

I Message toHie**w*eral Court
' Court
P.M.
2: 15 — WEKI— Louisiana vs. Texas

Christian
3:30— WN AC — "Twelve Crowded
Hours," new highlight' of

5:00 — WBZ — Rose Bowl Game,
Stanford vs. Southern Meth-
odist

0-.30— WNAC— Gov. Curley

7:30— WNAC— Kate Smith

X:00 — WNAC — Cavalcade of Amer-
ica

H:30— WNAC— Burn* and Allen,
Jacques Renard's Music

9:00— WEKI— Fred Allen's show

9:00— WNAC— Lily Tons

9:30— WNAC— Ray Noble's Music,
Connie Boswell

10:45— WBZ— Mike Rellly's Mush'

11:30— WBZ— Ruby Newman's Mu-
sic

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JAN 1 193b

Tiis own.

CURLEY TO RUSH
T "RIVER PROJECTS

r Leaving for Washington Tuesday ,
to attend the Jefferson Day din-
ner Gov. Curley announced yester-
i day that while In the capital he will (
| press for appropriations for the j
Connecticut and Blackstone river ,
projects. , ...

I The Governor said he also would

take up the question of the new
ivT_i!„«„i r.nirj enmn site ai

National Guard camp site

Bourne.

..y' '.- ••■•

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JAN 1 1M3b

CUREEY JOIMS FIGHT

/ UPON PAROLE BOARD

Gov. Curley yesterday joined in the drive against the State '
Board of Parole when he announced that if the views of the |
Executive Council coincided with his own, drastic action would
be taken against the board. f

His statement followed one of
Governor's Councillor James J.
Brennan, who declared he would
ask the governor to replace pres-
ent members of the board on the
| ground that tbey are responsible
I for much of the existing unrest in
Penal institutions by their arbi-
trary rulings against petitions for
release on parole.

The Governor also moved toward
removing insane prisoners from
correctional institutions by Baking
Commissioner of Correction Arthur
T. Lyman to consider the practi-
cability of conducting a mental ex-
amination for all prisoners in state
jails.

The Governor declared, in regard
to the Parole Board situation, that
he had received no report from the
Executive Council as a result of
its investigation of penal institu-
tion* but had received many let-
ters complaining of the Boards at-
titude on the release of prisoners

"The gist of all these letters
has been that there is no Incen-
tive for the men to conform to
all rules and regulations and be-
come model prisoners," the Gov-
ernor said.

"If a man does conform to the I
rules and regulations and is a
model prisoner, the board of i
parole just say the man is a wise
fellow — a fox — and that he Is just
trying to deceive them. That is a
ba<l situation and then- seems to
be a substantial basis for its ex-
istence."

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Boston, Mass.

JAN 1 1936

GOV. CUREEY'S MEW YEAR
/ GREETING OME OF HOPE

/ In a message of faith and hope that 1936 will mark the end
of the depression and the return of pi . Governor Curley

yesterday issued the following New Year's gri eting to the citizens

nf M;»c:c:;irlmc:ot (« • A—— — . ,

of Massachusetts:

"The year lO.'ili gives promise

of opening In a more Inviting

manner than any year that
America has known for the past
Six years. Not only the sun-
shine of heaven, but the sunshine
Of prosperity appears to pene-
trate every portion of our coun-
try.

"The task that lies immediately
ahead in the development of ail
economic and humanitarian pro-
gram will unquestionably tax the
talent and ingenuity of the Amer-
"iin people, but animated by

faith in <."). In themselves and
in our common country, we will
succeed jn solving our problems.

"We can without fe»T enter
into the new year firm in the
belief that the blessings in store
for the people of America will
be mere abundant than has ever
previously been the lot of the
American people.

"In this spirit, animated by this
belief and sustained by this
fait*), it is an exceeding pleas-
ure to extend a Happy New Year
to the entire people of the t'omv
miinw nalfh"

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JAN 1 193b

FIN. COHI. LASHES

.USED BED SALE
7 FOR CITY POOR

Caustic criticism of the recent purchases of beds and a stove
for the Long Island Hospital was made by the Finance Commission
in a report to Gov . Curle y yesterday.

The commission found that 60"
•blacksmith's beds," outmoded and
discarded at Massachusetts Gen-
eral Hospital, had been puchased
at an ultimate cost of $8 by Bos-
ton'.. Institution Commissioner,
Dr 'Frederic A. Washburn, while
the state is manufacturing a bet-
ter bed for $6.

"First of all," reads the report,
"there was a purchase of 60 beds
at $4 each. It cost SI more per
bed for cartage *« Eastern Aye.
Wharf. For painting work it fig-
ured 48 cents per bed, and for an
extra mattress, because there is
no spring to the bed, $2.50, mak-
in a total of $7.98 per bed

"The statute requires that all
public institutions must purchase
from the State Department of
Correction. One item the state
manufactures is an institution
bed While the siate sells many,
kinds, the one particularly man-
ufactured to supply institutions
for dormitory use Is a modern,
up-to-date tubular bed on four
casters, with a spring included.
Mils for $6.

"Therefore, from the standpoint
of economy alone, the city paid
approximately $2 per bed more
for this lot of second-hand beds
than would have been necessary
had the city bought the regula-
tion institution bed from the
State Department.

"Besides these second-hand
bed purchases, Dr. Washburn
also purchased a second-hand In-
stitution kitchen stove from the
l'eter Bent Brighain Hospital.
Dr Charles L. Clay, superin-
tendent of Long Island Hospi-
tal, was attached to Peter Bent
Hrigham Hospital before his ap-
pointment by Dr. Washburn to
the Long Island Hospital post.

"Dr. Clay negotiated for the
purchase and was authorized to
pay $50. It cost $12 for cartage
to the wharf. When the stove
arrived at Long Island it was
found the bottom had been
burned out and It was necessary
I to spend $50 more for a new bot-
\ torn nlate.

'The Finance Commission can
see no justification for purchas-
ing second-hand equipment for
the Long Island Institution, par-
ticularly in view of the insistence
of the same authorities in pur-
chasing other equipment for the
kitchen a few months ago that
was neither advisable nor neces-
sary."

TRANSCRIPT
North Adams, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

CAUSTIC ABOUT ,
CURLEY MESSAGE 1

Republican Leaders of
State Give Views

SEEN BELOW PAR

Speaker Saltonstall Says
Hurried Analysis of it
Reveals Several Incon-

/ sistencies.

Boston, Jan, 2— The reaction to
Gov. Curley's long message, deliver-
ed in person to the legislative con-
vention, was not favorable insofar as '
a consensus has been obtained. It |
was the general opinion that it was
not up to a par with speeches of other
governors in their second year.

Several termed it frankly a "ba-
loney" speech, meaning it was in-
tended to sound good to the general '
public, but that Its author could
hardly expect the Legislature to en-
cumber the commonwealth with ail
of the financial burdens he proposed,
or to add the additional taxes he ;
recommended. Likewise, there was
much adverse criticism of his pro-
posals to eliminate the state tax and
to add or transfer moneys to the gen-
eral fund, thus to give the governor
a larger sum to use in preparation of
his budget.

Inconsistent, Says Saltonstall

Of the address, Speaker Leverett
Saltonstall said;

"The governor's address sounded"
well, but even a hurried analysis of
his recommendations reveals several
inconsistencies. In one statement, he
accuses the Legislature of being un-
derhanded in passing a bill and in
another, declares that it Is fortunate
that the Legislature acted as It did
on the same bill.

"On pages 31 and 32 (printed form)
of his address, the governor said:
'The duplicity practiced in 1935
through the authorization for the es-
tablishment of a hospital for the
criminally insane at a cost of $1,-
750,000 without making provision for
the money, savors of a low order of
knavery without precedent in the
i history of the commonwealth.'

"On page 41, referring to the same
legislation, he said: 'It U rather for-
tunate that the authorization was
made without provision for the nec-
essary funds to cover the cost of con-
. struction, estimated at $1,750,000,
since there is no way in which to
justify the placing of the care of
mental defectives under the control
and supervision of the department
of correction.'

Recommends What Was Done

"Actually, the bill he refers to
placed the mental defectives under

the supervision of the department u. ,
mental diseases, as he had already
stated in another passage of his ad- j
dress. Then he proceeds to recom- |
mend what has already been done, '
namely, that the hospital be placed
under the supervision of the depart-
ment of mental diseases.

"The truth of the matter is that the
bill in question. Senate No. 484, was
filed by the commissioner of the de-
partment of mental diseases and

bilities in granite curbing than in
the care of the unfortunate wards
of the state.

"In discussing his proposal for a
better pension system for judges, he
used the phrase, 'without the need
of drastic action against them.' This
has an ominous sound. Very likely as
the case against Dolan, the Curley
city treasurer, gets hotter, we shall
hear more of the dire need of tak-
ing the drastic action referred to. No

provided that the hospital was to be | doubt it will be placed on high pub-

built only if federal funds became
available.

"The governor makes several rec-
ommendations for the construction of
public buildings, but omits to state
how the money is to be raised. Of
course all of us who have studied the
conditions the governor speaks about
want these new buildings. But let's be
practical and make haste slowly. If ,
these buildings are so needed, why
was his excellency so averse to having
them included in the bill passed by
the Legislature last year to build new-
sidewalks and dredge harbors? Such
an amendment was offered, but was
defeated by him in the House.

"He talks freely of reducing the
cost of government but in this re-
spect merely suggests that a study-
be made — the findings, of course,
to be made to the Legislature af-
ter the governor's term has expir-
ed.

"It is significant that the gov-
ernor's attack has shifted from
the executive council to the Legis-
lature. Last year, he wanted l^he
executive council abolished. Now 1
that he controls it. he makes no
reference whatever to it.

"Bluntly, the message shouts ex-
travagance and whispers economy.''
Pretty Dull, Says Parkman
Senator Henry Parkman. Jr., of
Boston issued this statement on the
address of the governor: —

"Tile message was not up to his .
usual standard. Ordinarily, the gov- ,
ernor is capable of making a speech |
at least sound interesting. This one \
was long and pretty dull.

"It is too bad he does not mean
what he says; for the message did
have a few good discussions and
recommendations, as for example,
his suggestion in regard to better
co-operation with neighboring states
in the field of crime and In the joint
development of natural resources. It
is good to know, too. that he has
come to an appreciation of the ne-
cessity for reduction in the cost of
government. As an ardent champion
of economy, thrift and capable ad-
ministration of the affairs of govern-
ment, he will be a sight for the gods
Assails Building Policies
"The governor showed some heat
on the failure to provide additional
facilities for housing mental defec-
tives and others in the department,
of mental diseases and would like to
have the public believe his predeces-
sors in office and the legislature were
responsible. He forgets that he was
presented at the last session with an
adequate program of building, but
preferred to insist on a highway
program with an appropriation of
$3,600,000 for sidewalks. Obviously, in
his mind, there were greater pofM-

i he grounds. The governor is a past
master of that act. But the real rea-
son will be the necessity of covering
up.

"Governors on Cars"
"Out of the welter of vague quan-
tities and the usual high-sounding
phrases, . liberally with adjectives
I detected a few specific sug-
gestions with which I am in hearty
accord. Referring to automobile ac-
cidents, he recommended a tighten-
ing up of provisions of the law re-
quiring prompt and accurate reports
of accidents. What his reference to
'governors on cars' meant, I did
not quite gather, but I presume he
had in mind the accident in Newton
last summer."

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BOSTON MASS.

SUN
AttJeboro, Mass.

,r " '36

Lyman Claims
State Inmates
"Smouldering"

Boston, Jan. 2— (IP)— Inmates of
Massachusetts prisons were des-
■ cribed by Arthur T. Lyman, com-
missioner of correction, to Gov.
James M. Curfey today as "smoul-
dering" in resentment at parole
board practices.

Lyman discussed the situation
with the governor at a conference
en the public hearing the execu-
tive council will hold tomorrow on
prison and parole board adminis-
tration,

The commissioner objected,
Cm-ley said, to holding a public
hearing, fearing the reaction on
prisoners. The governor noted.
, however, that the council had
unanimously voted for open hear-
ings tomorrow.

TRANSCRIPT

North Adams, Mass.

i 2 1936

Curl

lev s Speech
__ Under Attack

Speaker Saltonstall of House and State
Senator Parkman, Both Republi-
cans, Offer Sharp Criticism.

VAGUE"GENERA^ES b «

Rnstnn dan. i-' A - rJ '-.„_.. -d„^ Auuvintion. de

of the
described

Boston, Jan. «.— va.iv "'"■ . ■ "ton" Bar Association,
and sharp criticism of Governor 1 »°f^ tlrenvent p]a n for Judgas «
James M. Curleys message to the} f { undel . tt v„ circumstances.

a 7p«ion of the H9th Massa- j .., am in favor of some plan to pro-
second session ol me tQday i retlremcn t of judges,

f ChU m a state senate -and the speak- g& Urted, "but I should certain- I
Irnt the House both Republicans. lv be con cerned at the pwspec of
w, v t houts extravagance giving anyo ne the power to forcibly

'Srffi-SSS 1 message, deliver- ™--°rlhVc=^^
^.^"ner'of vague generalities," state. . . . It would be far better to

A ^comment of State Sena- fake the chance of having to get
*'! %™'kman along with one or two judges from

tor Henry Pa ™ man address sounde d Ume " t0 time who might be approach-

^s^SSS said "but even a, 5 senility than it would be to throw
WelV ' S^SSS of his recommend overboard a large section of the best
hurried ana yss oi in consis4 n , ( > mb ers of the bench. ' I

dations reveals seveiai ^ governor's tax recommenda-

tencies. t he accuses thd tion was criticized by Norman Mc- <

In , "lofteg underhanded r^nald, of the Massachusetts Fed-
Legislature of J*"* ano then ora Uon or Taxpayers Associations,
in Posing a b » a e th j dcdared „ he >wms to want eco-

deCl "w„™ Ousted M it did on H nomical reforms In the tntere, s of
Legislature actta as i ^^ ux , )ayei . s , but only after he him-

same »"»• k severa i tee i seU is ut of the State House What

I The nit ions fo^the constructs the people want and what they are
ommendations for tn * j^ u h ecouomy nf?ht

of public bmldings u ^j g . ^ fn)m ^ deprewtog

state how the n»ne> duclng th „ burQen of taxaUon that is burdening
'* He ^ .Lernment. But in thl*. the life of everybody who owns prop-
cost °} !rJiv suircests that a study, erty in the state."
respect merely MRMH ^ t( The Rovernol - S pr0 posal to levy a
be made-the tinain. ^ afie) (wo Mnt ux Qn each ,, ackage of

be made to tna_ i«s d ., cigarette . s a lso was opposed. Clarence

the governos term d him . D Hunter a Boston wholesaler and

The governor has an ^i ^ Marsnman , ot Springfield,

,„!! a candidate ioi g gi hea<J q{ ^ ^^ nm tobacco dftal .

\..'atic nomination h» Urs. announced both organizations

' r - , ■ ifi^ni " Saltonstall said would hold special meetings within a

It is si « nl ™ n0I ^ attack ha week to map plans for blocking any

• f ; m b the executive counci move to \^ .nbn^o,.^ ^^

S.t- ture . Last year h uo £ tloM from Governor glM ,

cutive council abol . g annual messagc l0 lne

ontroli It, he makes ,,„,.,„

to "Work and wages"-"The legisla-

Curleys' ture . . . provided funds not only

sire to Lolve a tremendou. problem,
may destroy the real objective
sought, namely, the welfare of the
people." .

Nurses— "I accordingly recommend
such additions to existing law as
would make possible the inclusion of
this very deserving group (nurses)
within the provisions of the work-
men's compensation act."

Forty-eight hour law— "The adop-
tion of this humane measure of leg-
islation has made necessary the em-
ployment of some 2,500 women and
men and while it has increased the
cost of conducting the institutions
of the state, should shortly be re-
flected in an improvement both phy-
sically and mentally of its real bene-
ficiaries—the wards of the state."

Minors— "Good citizenship as well
as personal opportunity necessitates
the raising of the school-leaving age
from 14 to 16."

Compulsory insurance— "There is
need for immediate and drastic ac-
tion ... It is worthy of your consid-
eration whether violators of the au-
I tomobile laws may not be required
i to install governors on their cars
limiting operation to 30 miles per
1 hou s a condition of continued li-
cense."

Installment selling— "Many abuses

So much confusion and evasion

: in the statement of interest rates on

unpaid balances, that it is next to

impossible for the consumer to find

: out the true rate he will be obliged to

ator.

1 is: -
no reference to It whatever.

Senator Parkman, refen

Dart of Governor UUI Y^ i oTudin<'ly but in such limited
,„ ^pertaining to the a^lgggRj. to make impossible the

i that

lot mental defectives said:
"The governor showed some

rrie governor suu«>.« —-•- . ,
on the failure to provide additional
facilities for housing mental cit
fectives . . . and would like to
'have the public believe his prede-
! cessors In office and the Legisla-
ture were rpsnrmsible. He forgets
■that he was presented at the

heat complete fulfillment of the pledge of

work and wages.

Townsend plan-" AH hough many
thousands of well-intentioned Amcr-

„ v,(*Upvp that the «w»A secur
.W^ofraT^doeS'not go lar enougn,
i in the judgment of competent au-
' Ihorities, it is the one plan which the

■ ,, |.„. ,,.. .. ■ ■- • ast '| rmblic are prepared to accept Its ac

session with an adequate program I "° ce , however, may be Jeopard,
of buUdTng but preferred to insist I ^ olher plans, which, while rep

on an appropriation" for highways 'Anting good intentions and a de

Mortgage rates— "In view of the
plentitude of money and the low in-
terest rates paid by the fiduciary in-
stitutions there is, in my opinion,
need for further reduction."

Housing — "Unwholesome, tin-
healthful, unsightly tenement prop-
erty, sometimes termed slum areas,
is apparently destined to remain
with us t ntil such time as in the in-
terests of public health and public
decency we possess sufficient deter-
mination and courage to terminate
the same."

Legislature — "I recommend me
adoption of a constitutional amend-
ment to make the unicameral legis-
lature possible, a reduction in mem-
bership, and biennial sessions."

State institutions— "Neither the
plea of political expediency nor the
demand for economy at the expense
of those whose plea for considera-
tion has so long been denied will jus-
tify failure to report the required
financial legislation so essential to
the well being of the mental defec-
tives and so necessary to the hon-
or of the commonwealth."

Utility rates— "The consumers of
i the commonwealth should share in
' any returns to the companies in ex-
cess earnings should take the form
of reduced rates."

Physicians' registration— "Persons
engaged in occupations less danger-
ous to the public welfare are re-
quired to pass certain tests . . .
There can be no valid argument
pressed to exclude physicians and
surgeons."

State House building— "I recom-
mend that an appropriation in the
sum o! $1,000,000 be made available
J for the erection of an addition to the
I state capital."

Finance— "It is gratifying to me to

! know the fiscal year end found the

1 state treasury with . . . the largest

free cash balance during the last

. five years . . . $2,486,043."

and sidewalks."

COMMERCIAL
Bangor, Me.

JAN

IWb

Gov. Curley's

Message Is
Criticised

"Shouts Extravagance And

Whispers Economy,"

Says House Speaker

Boston. Jan. 2 — (A.P) — Blunt and
sharp criticism of Ciovernor .lames
M. Curley's message to the second
session of the H9th Massachusetts

legislature came today from a state
senator and the speaker of the House,
hoth Republicans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance
and whispers economy." said Speak-
er Lcverett Saltonstall of the Demo-
cratic governor's message, delivered
yesterday.

"A welter of vague generalities. "
was the comment of State Senator
Henry Park man.

"The governor's address sounded
well." Saltonstall said, "but even a
hurried analysis of his recommenda-
tions reveals several inconsistencies.
"In one statement he accuses the
legislature of being underhanded in
passing a bill and in another de-
clares that it is fortunate the legisla-
ture acted as it did on the same
(bill.

"The governor makes several re-
commendations for the construction
of public buildings, but omits to
state how the money is to be raised.

"He talks freely of reducing the
cost of government. Hut in this re-
spect merely suggests that a study
be made — the findings of course to be
made to the legislature after the gov-
ernor's term has expired."

The governor has announced him-
self a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for U. S. Senator.

"It is significant.' 'Saltonstall said,
"that the governor's attack has shift-
ed from the executive council to the
legislature. Last year he wanted the
executive council abolished. Now he
controls it. he makes no reference to
i' whatever."

Senator Parkman. referring to that
part of Governor Curley's message
pertaining to the housing of mental
defectives, said:

"The governor showed some heat
on the failure to provide additional
. , for housing mental defec-
[vc, nd win'' lik'j to have the pub-
lic, believe bis predecessors in office
i and the legislature were responsible.
1 He forgets that he was presented at
the last session with an adequate pro-
gram of building but preferred to in-
sist on an appropriation for high-
ways and sidewalks."

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Boston Mass.

BANNER

Bennington, Vt.

JAN .: 1936

59 Recommendations

Made By Gov. Curley

Boston, Jan. 2— Gov. James M.
Curley, in an unusually long an- |
nual "message, yesterday espoused i
a "social justice'' program as the |
outstanding requirement of Mass- j
achusetts and the nation as a whole. ,
Shifting his emphasis to his
broadly generalized slogan, he de-
clared that the program called for
in his original "work and wages"
battle cry had failed to come up to
his expectations because the appro-
priations granted by last year's
Legislature were to limited.

In support of his appeal for "so- !
cial justice" and for changes in
state administration, the governor
made 59 distinct recommendations.
His message was more than 12.000
i words in length and required one
hour and 25 minutes for him to
read it to the assembled branches
of the Legislature.

The governor began speaking at

1202 and finished at 1:28. The
crowd that heard his address was
the smallest at such an occasion
in manv years. The seats on the
house floor were well filled at the
start, as were those in the gallery
and the speaker's gallery was
crowded with the governors guests
But before the governor finished,
there were plenty of vacant seats
in the public galleries and on the
floor as well.

Chinese College Life Like Ours

Great similarity exists between
student life in Chinese and Ameri-
can universities, Dr. Ira J. Condoit
of the University of California said
Oil his recent return from Canton.
where he spent a year teaching in
Llhgnan university. Athletics and
club activities there form a large
part of college life, Dr. Condit said
in a bulletin from the California
university.

The child of a slave in Ethiopia
is, according to law. born free.

Journal
Biddeford, Me.

1936

CURLEY SPEECH
TO LEGISLATURE
J STORED HARD

ohouts Extravagance;
Whispers Economy,
Says Saltonstall

Boston, Jan. 2.— (AP)— Blunt
' and sharp criticism of Governor
James M. Curley's message to the
r.econd session of the 149th Mass-
achusetts legislature came today
from a state senator and the
speaker of the house, both Re-
publicans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extrava-
gance and whispers economy,"
said Speaker I^everett Saltonstall
of the Democratic governor's
message, delivered yesterday.

"A welter of vague generali-
ties," was the comment of State ,
Senator Henry Turkman.

"The governor's address soun- i
ded well." Saltonstall said, "but j
even a hurried analysis of his re-
commendations reveals several in-'
consister.-ie*.

"In one statement, he accuses ;
the legislature of being under-!
handed in passing a bill and in i
another declares that it is for-
tunate the legislature acted as it !
did on the same hill.

"The governor makes several \
i recommendations for the. eon- j
] struction of public buildings, but
i omits to state how the money is
to be raised.

"He talks freely of reducing the
cost of government. But in this
respect merely suggests that a
study be made— the findings, of
course, to be made to the legisla-
tuie alter the governor's term
has expired."

The governor has announced
himself a candidate lor the Dem-
ocratic nomination lor U. S. sena-
ator.

"It is significant," Saltonstall
said, "that the governor's attack
has shifted from the executive
council to the legislature. Last
>ear he wanted the executive
council abolished. Now he con-
trols it, he makes no reference to
it whatever."

Senator Parkman, referring to
that part of Governor Cur-
ley's message pertaining to the
housing of mental defectives,
said:

"The governor showed some
heat on the failure to provide ad-
ditional facilities for housmg
mental defectives and would like
to have the public believe his pre-
decessors in office and the legisla-
ture were responsible. He forgets
that he was presented at the last
-ession with an adequate pro-
gramme of building but preferred
to insist on an appropriation for
I highways and sidewalk*."

TIMES
Beverly, Mass.

IAN z iy&

LEGISLATURES WHEELS <
MOVE IN WAKE OF TAX
JAMMED CURLEY TALK

RATT1 1? EftP PARTV NAME SEN. McSWEENEY
DAI I IX Tim r AftI I committee chairman

SUPREMACY SEEN
IN SHORT SESSION

Proposed Taxes Shroud

Governor's Desired

"Security"

AVOIDS BLAME FOR HIS
'WORK-WAGES' FAILURE

Would Boost Taxation On

Gasoline, Alcohol and

Cigarettes

(BULLETIN)

BOSTON, Jan. 2— (INS)— Legisla-
tive wheels on Beacon Hill began to
grind today as the second session of
the 149th General Court settled
down to business with taxation and
economy in government costs the fo-
cal points. The anticipated short
session, according to Capitol observ-
ers, will be marked by a battle for
political advantage between the ad-
ministration forces of Governor
James M. Curley and those of
Speaker of the House Leverett Sai-
tonstall, candidate for the Republi-
can gubernatorial nomination.

By ARTHUR W. WOODMAN

rimes Staff Correspondent

STATE HOUSE, Boston, Jan. Z—
Heralding a new era of "social
Justice," Governor James M. Cur-
ley yesterday laid before the Mass-
achusetts legislature a broad plan

for "social security," overshawowed

by a detailed program of state
i building at institutions and a fiscal

Policy containing multitudinous

unpopular tax propoals.

„, R „ efor ™ s » structure by adoption
?<J? u " lcam °ral legislature, reduc-
rf hi™^ mbe F w P atKl ^option
Ottef w l S 58|( ! M was « r ged by the

m« to tSi 11 ?? * h l s annual meR -

CSL *u he Gener& l Court before
large throngs in the House of Rep-
resentatives. nep

Slightly touching on a definite
>"" < of "social secuVitrfor

(Special to the Times)
STATE HOUSE, Boston, Jan.
2 — Senator William H. Mc-
Sweeney of Salem, representing
the second Essex district, was
yesterday named chairman of
the committee on harbors and
public lands.

Announcing his committees
for the new year, Senate Presi-
dent James G. Moran also ap-
pointed the recently elected
Essex Senator to the committee
on counties, filling the post
caused to be vacant by the
death of the late Senator Al-
bert Pierce.

which ne"Trajr aeinuwiy" neciarea
himself, the Governor reviewed
his success and failure of the past
year, hailing his victories as the
foundation of a social security
jlatform. Explaining the failure of
the "work and wages" program,
now a much mourned slogan, the
Governor asserted the responslblity
rests with the legislature "which
provided funds not only grudging-
ly but in such limited amount as to
make impossible the complete ful-
fillment of the pledge of work and
wages."

An amazing feature of the New
Years' Day address Is the taxation
financial program drafted by the
Governor.

Features outlined include a con-
tinuation of the 10 percent surtax,
adopted last year, continuation for
five years of the additional gaso-
line tax, doubled license fee for
trucks on the highway, additional
taxes on dog racing, with horses
remaining free from a tax increase,
| transfer of alcoholic taxes from the
I special old age' assistance fund to
the general fund, a 40 cents a gal-
lon tax on each proof gallon of al-
cohol, a two cent cigarette tax and
a five dollar license fee for slot ma-
chines.

To the end that the state tax be
dismissed, these new forms of tax-
ation are recommended.

Judicial reforms are urged on the
legislature, which, if adopted would
clear the Supreme Judicial Court
of the elder jurists. The judges, ac-
cording to the Governor "because
5 i age \ can ^ longer meet com-
pletely the requirements of the of-
fice." Under the pension plan de-
vised by the Governor to retire
jurists at full pay when they reach |
the age of 70, his claim is that the
"Commonwealth would be assured
of a full quota of Judges intellectu-
ally in the prime of life, without
the need of drastic action against
men who have given long and hon-

orable service and whose only fault
is the natural one of failing to rec-
ognize the gradual waning of their
powers.

In accord with recent trends,
Governor Curley announced him-
self wholeheartedly in favor of a
vast spending program designed to
produce a building program at
State Institutions without listing
contemplated expenditures and de-
void of gubsrnatorial recommenda-
tion for financing the projects.

Throughout the entire message
appeared eulogies of his adminis-
tration in 1935 and the benefits
produced under his guidance. His
condemnation of the legislature
which blocked his proposals was
carried through in his 1936 New
Years' Greeting as he requested ad-
ditional funds to complete the un-
finished program proposed a year
ago.

Additional buildings, equipment
for newly erected hospitals, finan-
ces for additional personnel, hous-
ing for added workers and new
buildings to relieve overcrowding
are asked without provision for the
appropriation of funds to carry
through the program.

In line with the federal govern-
ment housing act, slum clearance
and low cost housing developments
are a vital part of the "social se-
curity" program which was today
laid before the legislature for con-
sideration.

Contrary to his opening words to
the General Court wherein he
hailed the new year as the "end of
the depression," asserting that
"The year 1936 should prove mem-
orable in the annals of our country
marking as it will the end of the
greatest depression ever visited up-
on the American people," the Gov-
ernor hailed a new program of so-
cial welfare overburdened with re-
minders of the "scriptural admoni-
tion T am my brother's keeper.' "

Throughout his discussion of leg-
islative reforms is noted a definite
trend of the new democracy to con-
tralize governmental authority.

Economy in operating govern-
ment is hailed as the cause for a
reduction in the number of legisla-
tors, abolition of a legislative
branch and creation of biennial
sessions.

Removal of the stumbling block
of numbers, with the control of law
making in the hands of a selected
few, further removed from the vot-
ing public is contrary to the in-
tent of the framers of constitution
of the Commonwealth, carried fur-
ther with later amendments, pro-
viding for large delegations to be
selected by the voters as spokesmen
during a time when population was

not as great as today.

Control of governmental authority
and absorption of local governmen-
tal functions, admittedly passes
from the hands of the electorate
into the autocratic domination of a
distant minority, with the limiting
of governmental bodies.

In keeping with the desires of the
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
the Governor has urged upon the
General Court an increase in the
compulsory school age from 14 to
16, the main purpose given, to
stimulate employment for the adult
unemployed.

In whipping the legislature pub-
licly, Governor Curley today left
the House chamber, with a per-
plexed legislature wondering just
how it may justify the enormous
expenditures urged by the Gover-
nor while their 1935 financial esca

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CHRONICLE
Brookline, Mass.

J M2 1936

, JUST C. U. RIOUS

HisEjcellency has proposed to beautify
the highway between Boston and Provi-

pade still leaves a disagreeable d f\ c £ He has proposed planting a row
birthmark on their political faces.

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Enterprise
Brockton, Mass.

JAN 2 TO

.^ne new calendar is the only thing
guaranteed to run' accurately, with
no repair bills, right through the
year.

Gov. Qyrjey's campaign pledge, as
you may recall, was to reduce auto-
mobile insurance. It has been in-
creased.

Haverhill's vote vindicated Mr.
Goodwin, In a way. By p-oving he
didn't mix into I he shoe workers'
union war to any extent.

„«nir1<<ta don't admire

of lilacs on each side of the boulevard.
'I hi- will Furnish work and wages, not
overlooking the vacation feature of the
enterprise, to an army of nun in the good
old summer time at a nominal expense,
for it i- estimated this work should not
cost over a few millions of dollars, which
tin taxpayers will be glad to pa) in due
time. We arc. indeed, I ? I living in a
land of milk and honey.

Should this, not rosy but lilac, dream
come true, ii will be an inspiring sight
to in. .(or down tn Providence, if only to
sec a few thousand men lolling at eas<
in the shade by the side of the road
puffing awaj on their dudeens. The smell
of a strong pipe can be no worse to a
critical nose than the odor from the waste
and extravagance encouraged by those
now in authority. When, as and if the
lilacs bloom at some springtime in the
future, our nostrils may meet with some
thing more sweet.

His satanic majesty, the devil, has been
pictured in many forms, generally with

horns and a pitchfork to prod us | r

mortals along, the path t.> destruction,
again garbed in formal dress tempting us
to our undoing, then again cloaked in
political power, even as a huge rat be-
neath whose velvet paw-; arc sheathed
claw- which rend the unwary. He is
considered to have a ready wit. a smooth
tongue and treat persuasive powers.

I he erstwhile "Train Announcer" will
not slap at the "Horsefly" as our local
tram pulls out oi the station, for his |„,„
'■ranted him an opportunity to serve on
the Hoard of Public Utilities at a hand

soim .salary, everything considered. There
ought to he a Hoard of Public Nuisances

to he made up of political henchmen -a

retreat tor those who have been tried
and found wanting.

His Excellency seems t,, be somewhat
sensitive of criticism, or is he beginning
t" realize he has ridden too roughly on
• uir traditions of what is square ' He
shouldn't feel that way, for he has some-
time yet at the State House. Thousands
ot Republicans deserted their parte at

the .Stale election to vote for him not

altogether because of his eloquence and
winning ways, hut because of his known

The) sincerely believed he had
it in him to make one of the finest gov-
ernor- Massachusetts ever had. They did
that before In- first year had
passed hi- name would he used as the
decrying the government
ol our proud State. The word Curley-
isiu is n, ,t used in praise of what he has
done, nor ,'„ we think the name of any
other Gov< n r has been used in this
maiiiH r

Hi should m l fei I son because the

Bar \ : n asked him to withdraw

the name of a recent appointee to a judge-
ship, and it i- not impertinent for such
a bod) ot men to protest an) action he
s. i s tit to make. Bei ause In . hi sonorous
tones, admonishes tl i appointee to he
a noble and upright judge, stern in the
performance of In- duty, etc., doe- ,„,t
make him an angel, or grant him immunity
to criticism, or reasonable requests.

From the dawi ol creation man has
sought to harness thing and then

.mother. He h n markably

weii in every undertaking Legend has
it that one old I

tist. thought he wouldn't get his feet wet
b) simply telling the tide to stop coming
in. hut the tide didn't stop and he had
to move on. That may be where the ex-
pression, "you are all wet," came from.

Once upon a time dure was a kid whose
playground was thi streets of New York.

Hi- early Struggles were found there. He
was a pretty good kid, all thinas con-
sidered, for he had the right stuff in him.
He grew to man- estate. He had a
keen mind, plenty of native wit and a
shrewd tongue. He became a leader in

the political field. In dw time he was
invited to stay a while in the executive
mansion in Albany, where it is considered
he made a good governor. He was be-
loved by those who knew him. for he
was a fearless fighti r, possessed of a great
heart and a brown derby. He was gen-
erous to hi- foes and could not do enough
for his friends, though some of those
whom he once thought friends have not
quite measured up. In 1932 he lost the
I (emocratic nomination for the presidency.
He is still known as "The Happy War-
rior." In the light of recent events, sonic
"f the things this man has said are well
to remember. Certain utterances may be
termed uncouth, hut his remarks about
the "Baloney dollar" and "Shooting Santa
l laus" are in the public mind at this time.

Enterprise

Brockton, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Flans

Sharply Opposed

Newspapers and Legislators Criticize Mes-
sage, One Declaring It 'Shouts Extrava-
gance and Whispers Economy'— Governor
Would Eliminate State Tax, Continue Gaso-
lene Levy and Issue New Taxes.

BOSTON, Jan. 2.— (UP)— Massa-
chusetts newspapers, mostly repub-
lican, expressed misgivings edi-
torially to-day over the increased other
tax programme outlined by Gov.
Curley in his annual message
the legislature.

placed the emphasis, unfortunately,
on revenue not retrenchment."
"Gov. Curley's smooth proposal for

Other Recommendations.

Other recommendations by the
governor included:

Legislation to enable judges of
State courts to retire voluntarily at
full salary at 70.

Raise compulsory school attend-
ance age from 14 to 16.

Unicameral legislation with bleu-
nial sessions.

Interstate compacts under federal
legislation to permit law-enforcing
authorities of one State to pursue
violators into another State.

A $1,000,000 addition to the State
House.

Construction of a war memorial.

An appropriation for advertising
Massachusetts' recreational facilities.

Regulatory legislation on install-
ment-plan selling.

A building programme for the de-
partment of mental diseases.

Erection of a new tuberculosis

eliminating the State tax while in hospital at Rutland.

L^The democratic chief executive
in his IL'.mo-woiri me.s.-.nge
WednSuday recommended con-
tinuance>pf tho 10 per cent, sur-
tax on incomes, doubling of truck
licensing fees, a 40-cent-a-gallon
tax on alcohol, an increase from
3 Vis to five per cent, in the State's
share of dog racing receipts, a
tax of two cents on each package
of cigarettes, and a correspond-
ing levy upon other tobacco
products.

proposals recommending large
increases in State expenses may be
t0 taken as more delusive than hopeful
bait for the troubled psychology of
taxpayers,'' observed the Republican
Springfield Union.

Referring to Curley's proposal for
a commission to study taxation, the
•epublican Worcsster Telegram stated:

"Thta is excellent, but it is largely
a gesture and will be largely a ges-
ture—until the State proceeds actu-
ally to reduce the cost of its govern-
ment."

House Speaker Leverett Saltonstall,
a republican, also assailed the gov-
ernor's message which, he said,
"shouts extravagance and whispers
economy."

Would Eliminate State Tax.

The governor advocated the new

Slum clearance and low cost hous-
ing.

Sliding scale for gas and electric
rates.

He also advocated continuance for
five years of the three-cent per gal- revenues to obviate the necessity of
Ion tax on gasolene, and a $5 annual levying a State tax on cities and
lee on slot machines. town.-.

"If Gov. Curley's recommendations. "No student of government to-day

in his annual message to the i eg i s i a . ran fail to be impressed with the great

i j !.t„ i„„, imj _ im "complexity of the tax problem and toe

ture, are enacted into law, 1936 will lmp0 £ lbllity of ^rly approaching

( be no happy new year for taxpayers," t without simultaneously considering
j said the independent democratic Bos- he volume of expenditures," he said.
I ton Post. "The governor is hot after
I them. He would re-enact the threo-

I believe that the time has come
o make a thorough study of the tax

' cent gasolene tax and continue this >roi>km.s and the expenditure pro-

rate for five years.
"It seems there is some cause for

;ramme.

Curley recommended appointment

Jealousy because other States have a of a "commission of recognized au- j
higher gasolene tax than Massachu- thorities on taxation, including mem-
setts . . . hers of the legislature."

"These things would, he believes, "The problem of commanding reli- ;
relieve the real estate taxpa; :r. But able Tevenue sources U> meet the ex- :
scmehow new taxes never lighten the penditure requirements in maintain- 1
burden on the real estate owner. He ing the standard of government es- !
is being constantly relieved— relieved tabllshed in Massachusetts continues j
of more money. He has therefore to demand our best thought, and cf- I
grown cynical about 'relief.* " foi't ! " securing the necessary funds

Vehement in Protest. without bearing too heavily upon the

•rvi» -..«. u.i — .... home owners in our taxing pro-

file republican Boston Herald was

more vehement. In an editorial en-
titled "Spend now! Save Later!" the
Herald accused Curlev of emphaslz-
revenue rr.ther than retrench -

gramme," Curley said.

ing
ment.

ear ^IT l -?v. 8t * te «dmtnistratior
can #ait, as there if 'ample time

lShJ*2 W ° lk of ^termining fc*
™- ... he (the governor)

COURIER
Gt. .Harrington, Mass.

JAN t 1936

Curley Blames House
i for Failure of Plan

Suggests New Tax Methods
in Annual Message

Wants Dogs, Horses Taxed, Also
Luxury Toll Put on Cigarettes. —
Representative Cainle of Sheffield
on Hand to Hear Opening Blast by
State's First Executive.

A two-cent tax on cigarettes, abo- i
lition of the state tax. increase in !
the assessment on dog and iiorse rac- j
Ing, establishment of circuit district
court sessions and service of district
court judges in the superior court
for civil and criminal matters, pro-
hibition against appearance of spec-
ial justices in their courts in any
capacity, increase in school-leaving
age to 16 years, a unicameral legis-
lature, erection of a State House ad- j
dition, erection of a war memorial,
are all among the numerous sugges- j
tions made by Governor James M i
Curley in his second annual message
to the state legislature yesterday
noon.

The message, about average in
length, was delivered shortly aftei
noon yesterday to both branches. It
began with an explanation of the
failure of the "work and wages"
promise of the first annual message
and the campaign of 1934 and
concluded with a hope that the
"fruit of our efforts reflect not only
the wisdom but service of an enob-
ling order for the people of the en-
tire commonwealth."

To the legislature, the governor
attributes the failure of his work
and wages pledge. He told both
branches that they had provided
j funds "not only grudgingly but in
such limited amount as to make im-
possible the complete fulfillment o
the pledge of "work and wages."

Approving the Federal social se-
curity program, stating its applica-
tion in Massachusetts and comment-
ing on the labor legislation passed at
the 1935 session, Governor Curley
urges the adoption of a law which
would raise the school-leaving age
from 14 to 16 years. The message
included a lengthy statement of the
difficulties encountered in the admin-
istration of the compulsory insur-
ance law. It reveals that guest
claims rose from 14,000 in 1927 to
39,000 in 1934 and that 32,000 out of
the 39.000 represented claims of less
than $100. The governor told the
legislators that there have been
fewer accidents to people on the
highways but that claims are largely
confined to persons riding in cars.
Claims and accidents may be reduc-
ed, according to the governor, if the
registry of motor vehicles inspection
service is increased. The suggestion
is also made that governors be in-
stalled on the cars of persons con-
victed of motor vehicle offenses so
that they may go no more than 30

j miles per hour thereafter.

Representative Clarence Durant's
I bill for a unicameral legislature is

adopted completely by the jovernor
in his messagt He advo<ates but
one body and oi \\y biennia sessions
for that. The gc »■ r^O* asks for
legislation providing for the volun-
tary retirement of judges on . full
salary at the age of 70, with a stipu-
lation that the judges will be avail-
able for duty if called upon. It will
"relieve the anxieties of aged judges
and improve the judicial service of
the commonwealth," according to the
governor.

A considerable portion of the mes-
sage was devoted to a discussior of
the administration of the department
of mental diseases, the lack of ac-
commodations in state institutions
and the need for further construc-
tion. There are 3200
for admission to the

direction of attention to- tne cele-
bration of the tercentenary of Har- 1
vard College, which is to be observed |
in September, and the need of erect-
applications jng a war memorial in the form of a I
three state centrally-located building which
schools for feeble-minded and over- could be used as a central meeting-
crowding of thirty per cent. place for the veterans of all wars I
Recommending that there be an and for such convention purposes as

annual registration of physicians as
there is for barbers, hairdressers,
etc., the governor estimates that
there are 1000 persons practicing
medicine and surgery in Massachu-
setts who are not qualified.

For an addition to the State
House building to house departments
for which the state is spending $80,-
000 annually in rent, the governor
advocates the expenditure of a mil-
lion dollars. He reports two and one-
half million dollars in free cash in
the treasury and of $371,000 in the
highway fund.

The governor commented upon the
report of the special commission in-
vestigating the judicial system of
the state and urged the passage of
laws which would prohibit the prac-
tice of special justices in both the
criminal and civil sides of their own
courts. He renews his recommen-
dation of last year that a circuit
court system be established with
presiding justices of these district
courts sitting full time and with ad-
equate compensation.

The message advocates the em-
ployment of special justices on an
hourly basis with the added sugges-
tion that "if the circuit system is es-
tablished there will be progressively
less need for so large a number of
special justices."

Upon the subject of revenue, the
governor advocated, yesterday, the
abolition of .the state tax, the meas-
ure annually passed to provide rev-
enue over and above the amount
available from other sources. With-
out calling upon the present tax
sources for additional revenue, the
governor believes that there are new
sources. He would continue exist-
ing special taxes, double the fee for
the operation of motor trucks on the
highways, the imposition of an ad-
ditional tax of 40 cents per gallon on
alcoholic beverages, an increase In
the state's share of the racing reve-
nues from three and one-half to five
per cent., a two-cent tax on each
package of cigarettes and a $5 tax
on each slot machine. To the ac-
cumulations from these funds he
would add the amount now to be
found in the military and naval ser-
vice fund of 1919. the escheated es-
tates fund and the unclaimed divi-
dends fund.

The message concluded with the

may be authorized.

Enterprise
Brockton, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

[I L MAN
HITS GOODWIN
| RECORD HERE

A sharp ^atement by *»£%£

Robert J. Watt of ■*»*£*+ to-

eration of ^"^of Registrar

lav into , ^tiefintheHaverh.U

Goodwin's activity Goodwin , as

lator situation « hcre kton Brother-
adviser to thc ^ r °ii ied craftsmen,
" ood ° ( Sh °uve t ampaigning or
has been ^'^presentation for
H^rhmshoew^ers.

tl on in Broken labor ^

been accompanied ny h seven

pressed 10 to * ^^ Uom the

factories ^J^£ctt»g the dis-
clty or closed do»n. ei wo _ kerS|

charge of from BOO t moving

and the Douglas _ Shoe B . ngbam .

much of iU P^ d " C '° cs ter. N..H."

" SUCh ieS sad contrast to the co-
said, "are in sad con ^ yeats

operation ***** ^ manufac-
be tween Brockton sn work _

turevs and the Boot and ^

ers . Union during which ^

two strikes took P*ft f$ y upon the
SSn r Mr rC Goodwm and the
shoulders of M r - ^

Brotherhood. s the facts

•■No one who kno credenc e

Wa tt continued wui J aUruism , and
^ Goodwin's attitue° le ^ , d
«yone who takes the ge o{ 12

the Brockton EntMP tatemC nt of
1934 will find there a therh00 d

Swin's.thanks £ ^ carnP algn for
tor financing his r au
UhegovemorshP_ ss „

K2 lhC ^"E^T to Goodwin

^^CkCi that's a me- of

and thenHck aow . st to no

^ is own making and of n^ ipais ^

lonP other than the p ^ But

the Haverhill s.ioe cl _

^^"^ocin^or affairs as

patlon in Brockton time

£**»*£ £ J^ * u th.
for the State Federa » govern0 r

public the lacls „„ ir ., ete investiga-
tes he made aconPM was

*8? statement .as = n to Gov.

Curiey. who said-. Thals °
Wa tt and Goodwin, and I know
body better equipped to provwe »
TO* *•«•■ spectacle than those
two."

CHRONICLE
Brookline, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Forecast For 1936
this week and n«d« ^ comi ug year. ^

cllted Jefiersonian Democ^ <>f

,,,.,,„ someone like a Thc mo „v.n

bttorgoU *» ■"»£ f ^dependent
■- TSVle XaSld'to the Demo-
^tic standard, nominate either

The Republican, * I or Senator

Governor Landon of K . is en t»rely
! N rlh of W aho -r,^: r Hoover, Frank

\ d.worth is - l \..sons Mut also on ac-
*-— " ;l,,, ; U ;!;, Inuauon, There^S,

iffiS>» "He omeSnown, like
™,!11 not however, in m;ul like

tion "i excessive b« re moval of tin

reduction oi fes i '. ',.,,! of business.

sss'S'SI * ' '

or *e Supreme Court. iaUy as

\, .natters stand today, t : w . vl . u

a result oi business recoyery,^^ plar

will be re-elected. i e publicans more

wilt probably hurtthe *ep ^ ,„ v

than the Democrats, Strang w he

seem. This move < g h tK . s .

^S^Sv&entsinSaasa.

Ch Ke field oiStat^g^S
a rfighl change in the beww |n (h;i ,
Mtee med Gove rnor. The cnanc nftb , (
he ^IT-^nservative to»
degree He ha hs (hat ,,

Although there » » * M ; Governor. The
Wlrunforre-elect.ona ul))u . ;ins 01

W "^,! nnton, nominX will ">

" »? em / ;' S he standard-hearer, you

destined to be mr h - n Mr . Cur-

may l"" k Kf ^ then announce hli
lev's plans; M

candidacy K re-el ectiom „ The^ e^

Well, if Mj-.C^fi Seed it may »
will probably wm,

anv event. . • announce-

Look for ^„«S^S. B«h-

incn ,s during the n«t f ew w ^ hat , n

«» w,U ; im r,Sr NVinfield Schuster
the ring for Governoi , his car.

will almost certainly an r u

didacy for lieutenant u dcpcn d,ng

w iU very UkdT ^ t first . Sen-

wmewhat on wta ^ome , hear d

ato r Henry Parkman u ^ H ultmans
from in some way. ^^ b . ho pe

friends haje "^^carfdidate. At the
of advancing their c leading can-

r^arsXnsfaU, Haigis and War-
didates ar« • " .

ner, in just that order ituatio n we

Looking at the SaUon-t rf ^

are a bit puwled MayM c:indK lacy

to" «« «^ cted I come by the time
momentarily. « may no

tm8 column is Pfmteo, effiaent

comeatall: Q«* '■* « w in ° g , lim to run
Mayor's friends are n g ■ n ^ >m h
for Congress msteao. { on hli ,

such a relatively sun, Kl»^ ks ,

han ds in that field, i however,

of t he Congressional _ c tQ

tiv e bowKei | M

Barkis, ">s willm Gulesian

The entrance ^° bc Senato ria1 contest

Chestnut Hill mto . Spending on

svill cause some confwion, a ^ Town .

Uie amount of support whim i
send Plan enthusiasts h»a , §

give him. Let us not fag et a ^

fecent experience. n U q{ (hc

publican, running wiw . sive vie-

^Pn^M.Angth which his

ol^ents are without. tU1 re -

Henry Cabot Lodge^however, riy

mains in the lead Jtantoro ^ „

The problem will eventual ^

into the question- V| • , ir Wee ks of
ness manlike W& 3 States Senate, o.
Newton in *e ' ,' ( journalist, a pro
do you want a trame^ nd a u

found student ,,. gov j , wd atatesman,
lar grandson of a mstingw^,, , n

namely Henry abot °u» chance

judgment Lodge .has a o eka w

winning the nom ■ ' ' v vinni „ K the elec-

K prSdt^O seen,, the nom,

nation. j>_ \\\ C.

, rieiHia said.

ne (the governor)

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BOSTON MASS.

RECORD

Chelsea, Mass

JAN a

The Governor's Message

There was little hope for relief for the taxpayei
from the back-breaking burden already ■"J^tfJJJJ;
increasing taxes in the New Year message of Gov. Janus

M. Cuiiey. ..,,, ,

increases rather than decreases in taxation, little
o,. no mention of any attempt to curtail expenses o,
State government, but rather a seeking of new ways
aI1 ,l means to torture the long-suftVrin, public were em-
phasized. . „„,,

An attempt to explain the failure oi his wort "J
wages program was rather weak, with the Governoi
hif ing the blame to the failnre of the Federal gov,,n-
n ent to eo-operaie to a great extent, It's no secret Wh
Z Federal government failed to throw huge S ums in O
Massachusetts. Governor I'urley has «^!^»j£*
npon being the handler of the muds and this the Fed
"government will not consent to. Had he accepted
"rants under conditions imposed and accepUd ... >
states, more money would have com, Into the State and
his work and wages program for the ordinary man would
have been more successful.

Trulv this is a spending '■>'•> - uul lnP annual
messages 'indicate that those elected to public office arc
not seeking methods of reducing public exposes, nut

tlun ae'they seekmg new .nethods of
bring more money into the coffers for then to spend

It will be a happy day. Indeed, when some elected
official somewhere has the good, old-fashioned courage
swing the axe on these needless expenditures and
give the taxpayers, instead of the tax-eaters, a break.
_____ * * * _

Press Clipping Service

2 Park Square

BOSTON MASS.

JAN 2

ITEM
Clinton, Mass.

1936

OJRLEYHITSAT
"SALTONSTALL

Asks for "One Con-
structive and Help-
ful Suggestion"

RESPONSE

TO CRITICISM

Boston. Jan. 2— Declaring that
because of his long service as a
legislator Dpoefcor I.everett salton-
stall, (Rl, shoulii be at least able
to present "one constructive and
helpful suggestion." GOV. James M.
Cirrley today warned that if the
presiding officer ol the House of
Representatives failed to present
such |\tggcstions "it would appear
that his .wars of service here havo
been wasted."

Gov. Curiey's statement was is-
sued in reply to Speaker Saltoiv
stall's coalmen; on the chief execu-
tive's annual message to the Legis-
lature delivered yesterday.

William Slack of Pittsburgh got
out to repair the tail light of his
car, which was parked on a lull.
The car rolled, knocking over Mr.
Finck, and crashed into a house.

Enterprise
Brockton,

RECORD
Chelsea, Mass.

CHRONICLE
Brookline, Mass.

candidacy £ o, -re-election- "JJ^V
Well. H Mr. CurW ' a \ ?$ e ed it may .«
will probably wm, a»

Legislative Recommendations
Of Governor James M. Curley

| \JX VJOVKIHVi instruction of housing facih-

/ - nf ° Employes at the Rutland

'stive program for !»•«•

surtax on id ','"-; . last year

»>■,.. Ctovernors request wm .
ftS3 for but one ,« „

Continuation ta ' UN \-
the additional gasoline .ax

liquor ^xcs be made a ^

the genera "V^ ™ U cities and

aside f« a *;* b "&°"4 assistance
tcwue to mc?t old a«e »

costs. 4n-cents per

imposition o a 40 ce^ £_

gallon on each prooi J»

cohol. do2 racing

increased te**^ 8
lram 3* to5l«'« n on slot
rnSne^cedVoughout the

correapOTdms «•"
bacco products. al110UU u reposing
Transfer of raw™ serV ice

in the military and nava^

S t>f^ uncled divi-
dend fund to the general fund.

i.s proposed .. d(U ticnal penal

Construction of «w
facilities at Norfo K. lestown

.^ainlaiil, the prison as a

receiving f**^ : ot bi-cameral

DlS cont.nua -e ct on Qf a

legislature with tnc ^
^Hictit of'le^slative mem-

*fi&on of biennial sessions of
the General Court.
Voluntary retirement^ J ^

w kh full pay nl " L^, quarter.
Construction Q J UW ^ al
for 1500 addit tourte ^^
state mental hcspita i . r

tated by adoption of tne
la-*'. _. „ new state

Construction ot »££tai ol

SfflSS^ *^ dts-

•ft, state rfa.^:

tally ill. to be constrtKtul -it

folk at a cast of » 7a0 ^ Ual 10 r

Construction of hoMM*
criminally insane at WW"
Appropriation of funds to
proof state institutions.

Legislative *ram tor the expe."
diture of 12,000 to equip the re
search buildup at the Wrentrram
State Hospital, with further ap-
propriations to provide for pel-
scrmel for the institution.

Erection of new structures at
Rutland tor the tare of tubercu-
lar patterns.

instruction of housing facili-
ties fof employes at the Rutland
Mai** Fondvlfc Cancer

h °Extention of the present State
H S£ building by expenditure of

Il ^vtensi S on of the compulsory
Extension ui . , . 1C , rp1I .c

'•tnepeotora" to the Kegu,w*
Motor Vehicles. -j-oyug of

on n circuit court basis.
^Compensation for BpeeW lJ^
... ~ To hp determined on an
SSWJS aJcSX the S
ent system measuring payment

^Sution of a sliding scale for
electric light rates.
Authority be granted .* J £»£

ticn in profits by the public.
S%£ ^UliU^l^copcwith
**3!PSS£ m mortgage

Method tr computing interest on

""S.SrSlOO.OOO for adver-
tisS Massachusetts as a recrea-

^ttioTof a commission to
studf he advisability of pnanot-
£? tconcmic education in schools
secondary schools and among the
adult population.

Broadened housing la m Per
netting cities and towns to ra so
„,,,] appiopr at-; monies to p.o
'. u ! c slum clearance creating low
oo^ bousing projects.
Extend" of powers ol Statt

^cle^flnd ^ cost
housing- . unemploy-

jgis^s: * confom

With federal flutes
Adoption of ^ate ia . ues

** ^^^Rhou consideration of
to move ^f^uo be adopt-
state bounaiy lines

ed to -»""£ 10 m a? make such
islation 2***,i2La states
co-operation betwem

rsrts ssa- - «*

and fish We- itteP ; to rep-

Creation of a cc ™™> vh a t the
resent the Comrnon^ in
Tercentenary anniveisdi»
^eS'of a war memorial, as

asked last year. to i on to

Creation of a cm reduc .

probe possible methods ^^

a.tn/the UgJgM- ""iJs
banks for ^ruction, as a
^"ans" deveiSng V»^

Establishment of a "** med icine
criminal the pract -^™ wealth
or surgery m th J « rt ,„ tials
SrV'eS of registra-
tion to medicine. oenuntosion,
Creation a ft nw ^

composed ^«^ and the
state taxation n^**^ e>; ,, ,„li-
^^or^SbetSnirin.o,
turcs foi th. pr hQUl ,,,.

Sffi S"S t- *—* m

aSS e^opo ^a! d\>y Persons

n"mlvod «- ,eei"en1.

NEWS
Dorchester, Mass.

^OD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH"

floverno^ Curley, we think, in bis frank message to
the Legislature, overlooked the fact that we are still in
the midst of a withering depression and that what the •
. people need is lower taxes, rather than higher taxes
Instead of advocating a tremendous increase of spend-
ing he should have advocated the most drastic kind of :
economy.

It isn't more political jobs we need. It's less of them!
and more real jobs in industry where men produce

- material wealth, instead of spending it uselessly.

We have always had a high regard for Mr Curley'a'
; political sagacity but regretfully contend that this time '
he struck a flat key, so far as the people who dig down
: to pay the bills are concerned.

Doubtless his political associates and those who look i
hopefully toward the gilded dome for some lucrative job

- where they can loaf with pay for a few years find much
to praise in his message, but to us it seems that it is almost

••the same refrain from beginning to end SPEND

SPEND-SPEND.

Governor Curley must know that the people of this
commonwealth are already tax poor. Boston is assessed

. more in direct taxes on real estate than New York The
Lord only knows why. Many other cities and a large
percentage of the towns are in a similar predicament
People are moving from the State to escape high taxes.

.Business men are moving their business away.

, To recommend extravagant expenditures of State
■ funds at this time for projects that are obviously un-
necessary is the height of folly.

'. His address would have been more important if he had
• urged economies instead of new and higher taxes.

Why should physicians and surgeons be registered
yearly and pay license fees? Doctors' bill are hiuh
enough now.

Why should highly paid judges be retired at full pay? '
^hy shouldn't they.be encouraged to save for a rainy 1
day like the rest of us?

Br should it be necessary to build an addition to
. e S|ate House? We could eliminate a large percentage
•lace employes and have plenty of room.

hfer" h w P d h We T n " y ab0Ut is]um areM «*1 better

C* xSBuaaa*.^.

Why should we monkey with the State constitution?
j The double chamber system has worked pretty well until
the present administration.

Why should the autoists be made the goat again with
a high tax on gasoline? Are motorists expected to sup-
port the rest of the State? Millions of dollars of auto-
mobile tax money is already diverted into channels it
should not go into. It was created to finance highway

; building.

We could go on indefinitely and ask "why" But the

: real WHY is "Why didn't he recommend a wholesale
pruning of the State payroll, and a drastic reduction in
the cost of State government ?

Why didn't he come out point blank and demand the
repeal of the iniquitous automobile liability insurance
law under which some motorists are assessed $75 to $80

• while others get away for $20 to $25 for the same pro-
tection? Why didn't he advocate a lowering of the m-

v - gurance rates on trucks, instead of an increase ?

I In short we find very little in Governor Curley's ad-

>dress to commend, but much to condemn- Anyone can

'%rid ways to spend money. What we need now is some-

•-one who can save public funds.

'God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Press Clipping Service

2 Park Square
Boston Mass.

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HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Cur ley Orders Hearing on Methods

Used in the Paroling of Prisoners

BLIXKTIN
BOSTON, Jan. 2, (API— In-
mate* of Massachusetts prisons
were described by Arthur T. Ly-
man, Commissioner of Correction,
to Governor Curley today as
"smouldering" in resentment at
I'arole Board practices.

The Commissioner objected,
Curley said, to holding a public
hearing, fearing the reaction on
prisoners. The Governor noted,
however, that the Council had
unanimously voted for open hear-
ings tomorrow.

Public hearing on the met hods
now used In paroling prisoners will
be held tomorrow afternoon before
Governor Curley and the Executive
Council.

State ofticials associated with

parole duties today received no- l
tices of the hearing. They include
State Commissioner of Collection
Arthur T, Lyman. Richard Olney,
Matthew W. Bullock and Emmetl

Gavin, members of tin state Parole
Board; Warden Francis J, VV. Lan-
agan of State Prison; Superinten-
dent Michael J. Dee, of the State
I Reformatory; Superintendent Mau
! rice W. Winslow, of the State
\ Prison colony, and Superintendent
; Miriam Van Waters, of the Stale
Reformatory for Women.

The hearing is interpreted In

many political circles as a prelude

to the ousting of one, of more

members of the State Parole Board

j which has been sharply criticized

I for not releasing prisoners who

! have served two-thirds of their

terms.

Press Clipping Service

2 Park Square
Boston Mass.

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Labor Leader I
Hits Goodwin

BOSTON, Jan. 2. (API— The Mas-
sachusetts Federation of Labor,
through Robert J. Watt, secretary,
officially entered the controversy
involving the muddled Haverhill
shoe union situation today with an j
attack on Frank A. Goodwin, the
registrar of motor vehicles, and ad- 1
viser for one of the shoe unions.

"It will be a tough New Year's
present for the people of Haverhill,"
said Watt, "if the registrar suc-
ceeds in accomplishing results such
as those which have depressed wage
schedules In Brockton batweon 20
and 25 percent; which have seen
the removal or closing of seven
shoe factories in the Brockton dis-
trict in which between 1,800 and
2,000 workers had been employed
before Goodwin arrived, and which
have transferred much of the pro-
duction of the W. L. Douglas fac-
tory to Binghamton, N. Y., and
Rochester, N. H."

The Gnvejmpr refused today to be \
drawn into the controversy again,
remarking of Goodwin and Watt,
"I know of no two persons who will
contribute so much to the gayety of :
the New Year."

"If any trouble results in Haver-
hill, the responsibility must rest
largely upon the shoulders of Reg-
istrar Goodwin and his Allied
Brotherhood," continued WRtt.

"No one who knows the facts will
be deluded by the registrar's poae
of altruism and self-sacrifice. No
one who scans the legislative record
of our Commowealth will find any
evidence of him or bis brotherhood
advancing the welfare of the work-
ing people of the State."

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

/ <»els Keller Position

Another of Governor Curley's
secretariat has been rewarded'with
a more lucrative post. Joseph P.
McAllister, of Boston, has been ap-
pointed assi.st.ant administrative
secretary to the State Public Utili-
ties CommtliiOn, The. appointment
has been approved by the Execu-
tive Council, The salary is $2,ri00
a year.

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Political Grab Bag

/{ v T li o m a s

li r i n dl e y

Governor C urley Starts l°.i6 Political Activity With
Flood o} Ideas Which lit- Probably Will Forget
W hen State Legislature Starts to Work on Them.

Franklin P. Adams of the IN'ew York Herald Tribune wrote a
forecast for l'J3G as follows:

"Politics, politics, politics."

It summed up just what is expected this year in a manner that
cannot be improved upon no matter how one tries.

This is to be a political year, with a long list of elections of na-
tional, State and municipal importance and before its days have
passed Into dim history, many a real bang-up battle for votes will
have been staged.

The year got off to a p'U.ical start yesterday when His Excel-
lency, the Governor of MaslV'fiURetts, delivered his annual message
to the two branches of the State Legislature. He virtually flooded
the legislators with recommendations.

Some have merit.

Others were made simply for political expediency.

All will go into the legislative hopper to be toyed with for weeks
and months by committees, and to emerge in either greatly different
form or with a "killed" tag attached. It is highly improbable more
than three or (our will be adopted as recommended by the Governor.

Past performances Indicate that James Michael Curley, who is
Governor of this State for another year, will not be at all alarmed
If some persons whom he regards as close friends, suddenly appear
in the legislative halls when the measures in which he expressed
such keen interest yesterday are being considered, end whisper
that negative votes would be appreciated by "the boss."

That is what happened last year when the Fall River Police
home rule hill reared its head in the Massachusetts Senate.

Yesterday, the Governor made no reference to State control
of the Fall River and Boston police forces. He probably feels he
made the necessary political gesture last year by urgrng repeal of
the act giving the Governor and Executive Council control of the
local Board of Police even if he didn't mean it.

Another interesting omission from the Governor's message this
year was any reference to the Executive Council.

A year ago he termed It archaic and of no value. At the time
it was predominately Republican. But 1935 was a year of political
trading and when he walked into the House of Representatives
yesterday, the Governor was surrounded by an Executive Council
that was predominately Demo-pardon, Curleyized.

Those who looked over the lineup of the Curley Council must have
wondered at his failure to make some mention of it.

Not that they expected him to urge its abolition. The Governor
wouldn't want something abolished that he can control as effective-
ly as Huey Long did the Louisiana Legislature.

But it would not have been surprising had Mr. Curley proposed
that the power of choosing the members of the Executive Council
be taken from the people and vested in the Governor. That la the
procedure he followed when the people elected men to the body whose
party designations were not the same as his.

Within a few weeks, the Governor issued a statement that he
did not contemplate the removal of any Massachusetts judges. The
statement was in reply to reports, emanating from Republican
sources, that Mr. Curley was sharpening the political pruning knife
with a view of removing from the bench certain justices who were
appointed under Republican or Democratic regimes, and replacing

Qi^t3 J ^^Juoi.

them with men of the Curley element.

Removals of justices was far from his mind, Mr. Curley said.

But it is interesting to note that one of his recommendations
to the Legislature is "the enactment of legislation permitting a
judge of any of the three courts of State-wide jurisdiction, upon
reaching the age of seventy, to retire voluntarily at full salary from
full active service."

He does propose that "present judges of greater age should be
given a reasonable time in which to elect to retire on the same

terms."

Those are Interesting recommendations.

No doubt there is some merit to having what Mr. Curley calls
"a full quota of judges intellectually in the prime of life," but it
does seem that justices might know their abilities for work better
than those who like tn oust them.

His Excellency may mean what he says when he claims his rec-
ommendation is based upon a desire not to take steps provided by
law to oust aging judges. He say. he would like them to retire
' "without need of drastic action against men who have given long
and honorable service, and whose only fault is the natural one of
failing to recognize the gradual waning of their powers.

It all sounds very nice until one recalls that there may be a
few men now holding lucrative State offices who will find he gomg
rough in the 1936 election whirl and who might be looking for a
stray appointment to a life job sometime next December.

The year promises great things in politics, indeed.
No one doubts that there will be much excitement as wel as
some changes in the political personnel before 1936 has passed into

^"'Meanwhile, people of Massachusetts hope that of all statements
made bv Governor Curley in his New Year's Day message to he
S . e legislature, one ring. trU., That is hi. unqualified assertion
that "the year 1938 .hould prov. memorable in th„ annals of our
country, marking as it will th* end of the greatest depre 8S ,on ever
visited upon the American people."

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

-j. t..~v,. nf New

{governor's Increased Tax

Program Scored by Press

Mitlcri "Spend Now! Save Later!"
'the Herald accused Governor Curley

Massachusetts newspapers ex
pressed misgivings editorially to
day over the increased tax program i of emphasizing revenue rather than
'outlined by Governor Curley in his l retrenchment.

[ annual message to the Legislature, j "Economies in State administra-

Boston Tost tlon can walt „, there ls ' anvp \ e

"If Governor Curley's recommend- | time . for , ne work of determining

lations, in his annual messags to the I j ust what form tney should take,"

Legislature yesterday, are enacted \ tne Herald said. "He (the Governor)

1 into law, 1936 will be no happy new p i aPed tne emphasis, unfortunately,

iycar for taxpayers," said the Inde- on reV cnue, not retrenchment."

i pendent-Democratic Boston Post. |

"Governor Curley's smooth pro-
The Governor is hot after them. He ; , , ,. ,f ,. „. . *\

jposal for eliminating the State tax

while in other proposals rccom-

would reenact the three-cent gaso
line tax and continue this rate for
five years.

"It seems there Is some cause for
i jealousy because other states have
a higher gasoline tax than Massa-
chusetts. . . .

"These things would, he believes,
I relieve the real estate taxpayer but
'somehow new taxes never lighten
5 the burden on the real estate own-
jer. He is being constantly relieved
I — relieved of more money. He has
i therefore grown cynical about 're-
lief.' "

Boston Herald

The Republican Boston Herald
was more vehement. In an editorial

mending large Increases in State
expenses may be. taken as more de-
lusive than hopeful bait for (he
trouble psychology of taxpayers,"
observed the Republican Springfield
Union.

Worcester Telegram

Referring to Mr. Curiey's pro-
posal for a commission to study
taxation, the Republican Worcester
Telegram stated:

"This Is excellent, but It ls large-
ly a gesture and will be largely a
gesture— until the State proceeds ac-
tually to reduce the cost of Its gov-
ernment,"

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BOSTON MASS.

NEWS
Framingham, Mass.

I ~

BURRELL GIVEN I
STATE TAX PO'si

Former Treasurer Named
Deputy Assessor

At the direction of Gov. CSjjrley
Henry F. Long, state tax commission -
i er, yesterday appointed Fred Jeffer-
son Burrell of Medford, former Re-
publican state treasurer, to be a
deputy assessor of income taxes at an
annual salary of $2500. The appoint-
ment was laid on the table for one
week by the executive council.

Elected state treasurer in 1919, Bur-
rell resigned Sept. 3, 1920, at the re-
quest of Gov. Calvin Coolldge when
objections were raised to some of
Burrell's practices. Former State
Auditor Alonzo B. Cook also has a
D06ition In the Income tax division.

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

Claims His Motive
to Give Realty
Relief of Heavy
Burden — Fails
to Mention This
City.

By Thomas K. Brindley

Seeking to determine
just what benefits they
may expect if so-called
economy recommenda-
tions of Governor Curley
are accepted by the Mas-
sachusetts Legislature,
people of Fall River today
studied his New Year's
Day address to the Great
and General Court.

There was no recommendation
which applied solely to Fall Klvei in
the Governor's long message to the
legislators.

He made no mention of favoring
home rule by cities and towns of
their police departments. Last, year,
this wm one of the highlights of
his 12,000-word inaugural message.
Would End State Tax

Yesterday, Governor Curley di-
rected considerable thought to-

ADJOURN MEETINGS

BOSTON. Jan. 2, (I I') —The
Senate ;ind House met today hut
both adjourned Immediately' until
Monday at 2 p. m.

wards taxes, proposing the elimin-
ation of the State Tax a.s a means
of directly reliev.ng the burden on
real estate.

He called for economy in govern-
ment, outlining a new tax program
and proposing a study which would
put the State's budget system on
nn actual debit and -credit stand-
ard.

The Governor outlined a tax plan
which he feels will raise sufficient
new revenue to enable elimination

of the $10,000,000 State tax.
This plan calls for the following:
(a) — Continuation of the 10

per cent sur tax on individuals,
estates and corporations.

(h) — Increase In the three cent
a gallon Wa on gasoline for five
years.

(d)— Assessment of a two cent
per package tax on cigarets and
a corresponding tax on all to-
bacco products.

(e)— Transfer to the General
Fund of receipts from the tax

on intoxicating beverages not
used for all age assistance.

(f) — Assessment of a 40-cent
per gallon tax on each proof gal-
lon of alcohol.

(g) — Assessment of a five-dollar
tax on slot machines.

(h) — Increase from three-and-
a-half to five per cent In the
. ■'tale's "take" of the handle at
dog racing tracks.
There is expected to he r real
fight over this tax program when
it comes before the Legislature for
action. The syndicates controlling
dog racing, the liquor and tobacco
interests, and the truck owners to-
day are reported girding for the
committee hearings, whi h will be
marked by sizzling debates and
perhaps some interesting disclos-
ures relative to actual profits
gleaned from the enterprises which
the Governor would tax.

Asks Unicameral Legislature
Governor Curley, in his address,
urged labor reforms to further im-
prove the State's hich standing in
that field, called for a unicameral
laturs, to meet biennially,
proposed a new system for retiring
Judges, advised a change in the
conduct of District COUrta, assailed
those who have failed to provide
funds for better rare of mental dis-
ease victims, and urged better co-
operation in law enforcement.

He recommended further effort
to reduce compulsory automobile

Governor Does Not
Recommend Repeal
Of Machinery Tax

No recommendation for re-

peiilinc the law calling for tax-
ation on manufacturing machin-
ery was included in Governor

Curley's message to the legisla-
ture. Finance Commissioner Ru-
pert S. Carven and his associ-
ates had hoped their recommen-
dation for such action would be
accepted by Mr. Curley.

Instead, the Governor pro-
posed further study of the tax
situa t i o n in the State by a com-
mittee empowered to expend
funds for expert services.

insurance costs, proposed another
decrease in mortgage interest
rates, lauded the new State Plan-
ning Board, urged more building
construe: ion, called for a new
State Prison and a State Hous<
annex and appealed for anothci
appropriation to continue advertis
ing Massaohusetts and New Eng
land as recreational meccas.
Hurley, Hossell Attend
There was a large number of
| Fall River people at t y- lt , g(at)

•fiousTTonear Mr. Curley's lengthj
address.

j Lieutenant Governor Hurley and
Governor's Councillor RusReil fig]
ured in the show that accompanies
the deliverance by the chief exec- 5
Utlve of his annual message to th«
Legislature.
i The Fall River delegation to th
j Great and General Court— wit
friends in large numbers— list ene
to the Governor's recommendation:
and each man mulled over tlW

which will come to the attention
of the committee on which he
I serves.

Suggests Economy Board

Governor Curley called for ap-

' pointment of six legislators and 10

persons representing the real estate

and business interests of the State

: as a committee which would ain

Republican Club

Bulletin Assails

Curley* » Regime

Criticism of the Curley Admin-
istration is voiced in the rurrent
bulletin of the Women's Republi-
can Educational Club of Fall
River.

It charges that work-and-
wage* have been given "to those
who are part of his (Curley's)
political machine" and calls a -
tention to the reoenti) voted ISM
salary increases for his secreta-
ries. The bulletin asks how Re-
publicans "who voted for him or
Goodwin felt their responsibility"
when the increases wen 1 granted.
The Republican women editors
asserted that "just as many are
cold and just as man) hungry"
as when Mr. Curley promised
none would "go cold or hungrj
while I am Governor." They at-
tribute the comparatively small
amount of Federal relief funds
allocated to this State to "Gov-
ernor Curley's unpopularity with
the powers that be at Washing-
ton."

to bring about economy In govern-
ment in Maasachust I

The Governor also asked for the
appointment of a commission cT
recognised authorities on taxation,
including members of the legisla-
ture, enforced with ample funds to
employ every possible expert as-
sistance, to revise bha tax system
of the Commonwealth.

The State executive <l.- ussrd
social security legislation at length
and promised that the operation of
the program for social justice
would represent the dawn of a new-
day and a new era in the life of
the nation. He warned that the
acceptance of the plan "may be
jeopardized by other plans, which,
while representing good intentions
p.nd a desire to soive a tremen-
dous problem, may destroy the real
objective sought, namely, the wel-
fare of the eVitir^ people."

Mentions Work and Mages
As to "work and wages," Gover-
nor Curley had the following to
say:

"With the funds that have been
made available through legislative
action in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, employment has
been furnished, and men and
women have been transferred from
welfare rolls to pay rolls, but it is
accepted by every forward look-
ing intelligent individual that both
the federal and state governments
have their limitations and that in
the last analysis it is private in-'
dustry that we must look for the
ultimate transfer of the unem-
ployed to employment."

The Governor proposed expan-
sion of the Workmen's Compensa-
tion Act to provide coverage for
nurses employed in institutions.

"The work of these men and
women Is equally as hazardous as

cL- rrr

person* fn the law enforcing or
fire protection branches of the
public service, since they are con-
stantly exposed to the danger of
disease and death, and, in my
opinion, are entitled to protec-
tion," Mr. Curley declared.
Stressing the need for reorgani-
zation of the State Department of
Labor and Industries, the chief
executive renewed his recommen-
' dation for legislation to^permit the
I department to take over the duties
' of the State Industrial Accident
Board. Still another labor recom-
mendation made by the ohief exec-
utive was the renewal of his pro-
posal of raising the compulsory
> school age from 14 to 16 years.
Compulsory Auto Insurance
"For the first time since the law-
has been in effect a definite halt
; has been made in the steadily in-
creasing cost of placing a car on
Che road," the Governor said In dis-
cussing the compulsory automobile
insurance statute.

"A definite forward step has been
taken in this matter In the elimin-
ation of the guest from compulsory
insurance."

He added that the costs can only
be lowered by reducing the num-
ber of claims and maintained thi.-
result could be accomplished by
increasing the personnel of tjie reg
istry of motor vehicles.

Unless such provision Is made,
he asserted, "I can see no al-
ternative other than a repeal of
the compulsory insurance law."
He therefore renews his recom-
mendation for more' motor vehi-
cle Inspectors, declaring there is
need for immediate and drastic
action.

"Racketeering upon spurious
claims by venal attorneys In col-
lusion with doctors and profes-
sional claimants must be
stopped," he warned. "A great In-
dustry which is threatened with
destruction through criminal ex-
ploitation must be conserved."
He also suggested consideration
of whether law violators should be
required to install governors on
their cars limiting operation to 3C
miles per hour as a condition ol
continued license.

The reduction in mortgage In-
terest rate from 6 to 5*A per cent
ihas lightened the burden on home
(owners, but the chief executive ex
'pressed the opinion that a furthej
decrease might well be made.
Instalment Sales Law
Support was given by the Gover
nor, In another recommendation
to the report of the special recesi
commission which studied the sub
ject of consumer credit. The com
mission favored the enactment o'
a uniform Instalment sales law.

Still another recommcndatloi
which the Governor renewed It
his second message to the Legis!
lature is that steps be taken t<
promote economic education no*
only In the secondary schools, bu
among the adult population. H
maintained that it would be advb|
: able to appoint a commission 1
| study the subject.
i He 'avored expansion of the »l
i ca " e< * housin 8 authority act to tl I
| end that cities and towns be a \
thorUed to raise and approprla i
"""""" ' ' -V It over to *

housing authorities to assist in the history of "The Commonwealth," he

prosecution of slum clearance and declared, He recommended that

low cost housing projects. the institution be constructed at

"The unemployment Insurance Norfolk and be supervised by the

act," the Governor informed the mental diseases department

legislators, "should ultimately
prove a panacea for industrial
depressions through maintaining
within the ranks ol the consum-
ers the unemployed men and
women of (he nation as well as
the aged, who, without legisla-
tion of this character, would be
without the funds necessary not
only for the maintenance of their
families, but would be unable to
aid private industry, through the
absence of purchasing power."

Would Knlarge Institutions

"The institutions far the men-
tally ill should be enlarged to ac-
commodate 2,000 patients each as
speedily as possible," the Gover-
nor asserted. "This would mean the
enlargement of 12 State institu-
tions, providing for a total of 24,000
mental patients." He also favored
the construction of a new State
school for feeble minded children.

Referring to the delay in the
necessary mental diseases building

program, Governor Curley stated
To insure the public safety, the tnat "attempts to gloss over this
Governor recommended that imme- situa tion upon the plea of over-
dote legislative steps be taken, In burdening the taxpayer should no
accordance with recent federal leg- i onKer be tolerated , and we 8hould
islation to allow aw enforcing of- meet a condition and a 8ituation]
state ItjWMH law the further d , sre garding of which
should stamp the lawmaking bod-

violators into another State.
"Tiie advantages enjoyed by or-
' ganized crime through speedy mo-
I tor vehicles, the radio, able attor-
I reys and other agencies cannot be
successfully combated until such
I time as a portion of the fetters
with which legal restrictions bind
law enforcing agencies have been
removed," the Governor declared
in making this recommendation.
For Unicameral Legislature
As another means of reducing
the cost of the State government,
the chief executive recommended
the adoption of a constitutional
amendeivmt to "make the unicam-
eral Legislature possible, a reduc-
tion in membership 8nd biennial
sessions." "There Is no need for
two chambers today," the Governor
declared.

With a view 1o relieving the
anxieties of aging judges and to
Improve the judicial service of
the Commonwealth, Mr. Curley
recommended legislation permu-
ting a judge of any of the three
courts of Statewide jurisdiction,
upon reaching the age of 70, to
retire voluntarily at full salary.
The Legislature was bitterly de-
nounced by the Governor for Its
failure to provide the necessary
funds to construct a new hospital
for the criminally insane. "The du-
plicity practiced In ' i935 through
the authorization for the establish-
mant of a hospital for the crim-
inally insane at a cost of $1,700,000

! es of Massachusetts as both un-
worthy and unfit."

Indicating that the special State
commission on sliding scales Is
preparing a plan which It believes
will materially reduce the gas and
electric rates throughout the
State, Go -ernor Curley sponsored
the enactment of a so-called con-

Saltonetall, Moron

Address Colleagues
In Slate Government

Heads of both branches of the.
Slate Legislature addressed their
colleagues at the opening session
concerning tlve conduct of busi-
ness this year.

Speaker Levcrett Saltimstall
called upon the House of Repre-
sentatives to work to make the
session short and profitable. He
urged elimination of unneces-
sary debates and rollcolui and
called for a minimum of noise
when members are speaking.

President .fames <>. Moran told
the Senate the members should
always realize the Importance of
handling all husliif-ss which
comes before them with dis-
patch.

Curley Is Hilled

To lie In Capital,

Boston, Some Night

Something appears amiss In

the publicity of the Democratic

State Committee's Jackson Day

dinner,

The announcement has been
made that Governor Curley will
head the list of speakers at the
affair, while the State executive
informed newspapermen he will
be in Washington that day and
will attend the fete being pre-
pared by the Democrats in the
capital.

tract law by which the public util-
ities department, by agreement
with the companies, or otherwise,
could fix a fair rate of return, a
fair rate base and the basis of par-
ticipation by the public and com-
panies in execs.j earnings of public
utilities engaged in the distribu-
tion of gas and electricity.

Favors Licensing Doctors
Because of the recent report that
there ate more than 1,000 persons
who are not qualfled in either med-
icine or surgery conducting busi-
ness In Massachusetts as physi-
cians or surgeons, tlhe Governor
a?ked the General Court to pass a
statute to require such professional
men to pass a test and pay an an-
nual registration fee before being

money and t

without making provision for the
money savors of a low order of
knavery witjiaut precedent in the

V^./' UuJrU

allowed to practic.
setts.

In Massachu-

As another part of his public
buildings program the Common-
wealth's chief executive called
upon the Legislature to appropri-
ate $1,000,000 for the construction
of an addition to the State Cap-
itol. He reminded the law mak-
ers that the St«te Is paying
$80,000 annually to house offices
of State functions.
Numerous changes in the Dls-
; trict court system were outlined to
i the Senators and Representatives
1 by the Governor. They included:
I Prohibiting- practice by the District
I court justices in all civil cases in
I their own courts: establishment of
; District courts on a circuit basis;
, giving presiding justices the option
] of sitting full time with adequate
i compensation and appointments of
presiding justices should be made
on that basis i.i the future; re-
muneration of special justices or.
an hourly basis.

State's I'enal Problems
Referring to the Commonwealth's
penal institutions, the Governor re-
newed bis recommendation for the
abandonment of the State Prison
at Charlestown and the housing of
felons at Norfolk. He also sug-
gested the appointment of a com-'
mittee to study the placing of State
wards, the segregation of prisoners,
establishment of an institution for
the care and treatment of persons
afflicted with social diseases and
radical changes in the parole ays-
tern of the State.

"I believe the time has come to
make a thorough study of the tax
problem and the expenditure prob-
lem of our State and local govern-
ments, and to prepare a compre-
hensive tax and expenditure pro-
gram," the Governor declared In
stressing the point that insufficient
attention has been given the sub-
ject.

"I recommend that legislation
he passed having for its objective
the securing of revenue sufficient
in amount to obviate the neces-
sity of laying any "State Tax' up-
on the cities and towns, as a
means of relieving real estate of
the Inequitable burden that it is
now required to bear."
He said the 10 per cent sur tax
"will tend to eliminate the State
tax and thus help to reduce the
burden on the home owner." The
increase in the gasoline tax would
be in accordance with the recog-
nized policy of broadening the tax
base, he declared.

Doubling of the motor truck fees
would, the Governor asserted, pro-
vide revenue whore sorely needed
and without hardship. Taxation
of proof alcohol would remove this
products unfair competitive advan-
tage over those engaged in the al-
coholic beverages business, the
Governor stated.

New Taxes Discussed
■'The proposed increased State
share of dog racing would work no
hardship to the operators and
would prove beneficial to the Com-
monwealth through increasing the
revenue approximately $250,000,
the chief executive reminded the
legislators. His suggested tax on

tobacco, the Governor maintained,
would not fall heavily on any in-
dividual, while the tax on slot ma-
chines would aid the smaller mer-
chants of the Commonwealth.

Governor Curley renewed his
recommendations for the appropri-
ation of $100,000 to advertise the
recreational advantages of the
State and a like amount for the
conservation of bird and fish life.
He asked that steps be taken to
erect a war memorial and sug- J
gested the appointment of a com- \
mittee to represent the State at]
the Harvard College Tercentenary!
exercises.

In conclusion the Governor de- .
i clared that his tax program repre-
I sents only a portion of what is
possible, provided the question of ;
ways and means of economizing,
and at the same time more efficient
conducting of the departments of
the State, is answered. He closed
with the recommendation for the
appointment of a committee to
studv economy in j_ i i i nniil »m" |

Ocv. >& —

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2 Park Square
Boston a*

herald-news

Fall Rfver, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Wants Bridge
Act Accepted

City Councillor Russell to

Submit Resolve Asking
Immediate Action.

Approval and acceptance by
Mayor Murray of the Sladc's Ferry
Bridge Repair Act is sought in a
resolution to be submitted to the
<i:y Council at its first 1936 meet-
ing by Councillor Philip J. Russell,
Jr.

The resolve has been filed with
City Clerk Bergeron. It asks for
immediate action.

Councillor Russell, iung an advo-
cate of repairing the bridge which
was knocked out of commission by
the tank steamship Hagan more
than three years ago, feete Mayor
Murray should accept the act. The
Council has done so and Swansea
Selectmen have approved it. Only
Mayor Murray, the Selectmen of
Somerset, and the directors of the
New Haven Railroad must accept
It to permit the State Department
of Public Works to start repairs

Mayor Murray has delayed sign-

ing the act until he can ascertain
definitely what is to be done about
the construction of a new bridge
in the vicinity of Wilson road.
Krror Prevented Vote
Councillor Albert Bradbury at-
tempted to get a resolution through
the municipal legislative body
Monday night, but was blocked bv
an erroneous ruling that a unani-
mous vote was necessary to sus-
pend the rules. Councillors Harry
M. Wood and Douglas J. Richard-
son opposed suspension.

City Clerk Bergeron and Assist-
ant City Clerk Adelard J. Gauthier
discovered Tuesday afternoon that
the Council regulations provide for
suspension of the rules "for a i
specific purpose by a vote of two-'
thirds of the members present."

Seven of the none Councillors
favored suspension, hence it should
have prevailed.

Wood Voiced Objection
Some question has arisen, how-
ever, in view of Councillor Woods
statement that he "objected to sus-
pending the rules."

Tne Council regulations bar con-
sideration of matters at a meeting
when a member objects, and some
Councillors feel that Mr. Wood's
stand prevented action on the
bridge resolution.

Council President Harrington
has stated that the matter will be
permitted to stand -and the Russell
resolution considered as new busi-
ness at the Jan. 14th meeting.

Murray Has No Comment
' When apprised of the attempt by
I Councillor Bradbury to revive the
bridge issue this week and the
plan of Councillor Russell to bring
it up at the next Council session,
Mayor Murray refused comment.

There has been no new develop-
ment in the bridge situation in
more than a month.

The Mayor was assured by Gov-
ernor Curley in November that a
conference would -be held in Wash-
ington to deteimine whether a new.
span actually is to be constructed j
here. Mr. Curley said the Mayor
would be wefrome to attend. Mr.
Murray said he would.

The conference has not vet been
held and the city has only one di-
rect link with communities on the <
western shores of the Taunton
River and Mount Hope Bay— the
Brightman street bridge.

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Governor's Address to Legislature.

tll lhe legislature at the opening of the

• u \r«rx ofbej-on u,e ; * ■«■ - *■

questionable \alue, or

C0 ^ Wnote i 8 the ^ng of more -ney to ^nd,

UXP ; y - g old age and ^^^TuX

til ,„ coincide, believing 0>a th 1 '- legislatio n.

. ervc to foxtail demand, for „u - - ^ ^^
Provisions to. I he car 1 J requlre _

under the compensate ^;^ c ° commendationg . But the
m ents of the law, are among re ^ ^^ g0

proposal for a reorgamz.at.on of ^.^

5J it will take into its organ. Ion th 1 ^

Board, will stir more than ordinar j

nian Parks and in the -«e^appo nted ^ ^^

?a ll River has contributed two c „ b

Board, .'hose future status wotild he

change. Interest is the Governor**

Another suggestion of local rn cni ldren be

recommendation thai the •*£*£• I ^vailing have
undoubtedly weakened the ,.U> g agre cment to

— - '««' ■ :::;r;:;:;:: l . -«» <.«*..

raise, the minimum age ot empi .

"« * "r;': r ;:;";„:: , ;':"Lc .,»,„ ««*>• ».

Governor L.urlc > £»<-■> ,.i ir ,.k on (image

d.i. -".K <"»" '!» <">"•« "' " ' T, cl..cl !»»•

„„,,,. .»i»-. .i* -...k "•;:::":;;; ,.«. «>

be. renews

dulent cUims furtner 8TerlooUng the possibility

more motor vehicle inspectors, * 8urance compan-

that greater diligence on the part of the tt

es might reduce the number of these ^ n>

While endorsing biennial sessions ot the g i

r ern oV urley goe. further and recommends a change n

Governm I uriey g fcJriateW will consist of only

the rrt l ::;'::: cans f or ,,,,,,, Co,,.,,.,

h ™£ ^oSltretire high court Judge, at the age of
W vel would deprive the at, I the ripe exper ienc and

agment Of eminent jurists, while it would put into the hand

£ Governor Curlev the chance to dispose a few^uicy pi -

»hese they would do his interests the most good.

The doc, nt was apparently prepared as a campaign

Ai Q~; /AX^A*^

speecH in behalf of Curley's candidacy for United States Sen-
ator. All executive acts of the coming year will need to be
viewed in the liglil of lliis candidacy,

It will he, ii)) to the legislature to keep this idea in mind
in acting on the recommendations made in this opening ad-
dress. It will need to check the spending which comes so easy
to the Curley hand, and to shape the legislation of the session
With full realization that the taxpayers of the state are
carrying all the burden that they can bear.

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BOSTON MASS.

NEWS
Framingham, Mass.

EXTRA .

Legislature Considers

1 Taxes— Government Costs

149th General Court Settles Down to Busi-
ness With Short Session Now
Anticipated

BOSTON, Jan. 2 (ins)— Legislative wheels on Beacon Hill be-
gan to grind today as the second session of the 149th General
Court settled down to business with taxation and economy in Gov-
ernment costs the focal points.

The anticipated short session, according to Capitol observers,
will be marked by a battle for political advantage between the Ad-
ministration forces of Gov. Jame3 M. Curley and those of Speaker
of the House Leverett Saltonstall, CSnTJldate for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination.

HERALD-NEWS
Fall River, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Attack Plan
Of Governor

Jj^^^^v

Republicans Charge Him

With Dodging Cuts

In Slate Costs.

BOSTON, Jan. 2, <AF)— Criti-
cism by Leverett Saltonstall,
speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, of Governor Curley'*
animal message, brought the re-
tort from the Governor today that
Saltonstall's \ears of public serv-
ice "appear to have been wasted."

•'Surely,' said Mr. Curley in re-
ply today, "after the length of
time Mr. Saltonstall has served as
a member of the Legislature he
might at least have been In a po-
sition to offer one constructive,
helpful suggestion, and since he
has failed to do so, it would ap-
pear that his \enrs of service here
have been wasted."

BOSTON, Jan. 2, (AP)— Blunt
and sharp criticism of Governor
James M. Curley's message to tha
Second Session of the 149th Massa-
chusetts Legislature came today
from a state senator and the
I Speaker of the House, both Repuh-
I licans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance
■ and whispers economy," said Speak-
II er Leverett Saltonstall of the Dem-
ocratic governor's message, deliv-
ered yesterday.

"A welter of vague generalities."
was the comment of State Senator
Henry Parkman.

"The governor's address sounded
well," Mr. Saltonstall said. "btU
even a hut lied analysis of his
recommendations reveals several in-
consistencies.

Inconsistent, Is Charge.
"In one statement he accuses the
Legislature of being underhanded
in passing a bill and in another de-
clares that it is fortunate the Leg-
islature acted as it did on the
same bill.

"The governor makes several
recommendations for the con-
struction of puhlic buildings, but
omits tn state bow the money is
to be raised.

"He talks freely of reducing
the cost of government. But in
this respact merely suggests that
a study be made — the findings of
course to he made to the Legisla-
ture after the governor's term has
expired."

The governor has announced him-
self a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for U. S. Senator.

"U is significant," Mr. Saltonstall
said, "that the governor's attack
has shifted from the executive
council to the Legislature. Last
year he wanted the executive coun-
cil abolished. Now he controls it,
he makes no reference to it what-
ever." ,

■

Senator Parkman, referring to
that part of Governor Curley's mes-
sage pertaining to the housing of
mental defectives, said:

Says Plan Rejected.

"The governor showed some heat
on the failure to provide additional
facilities for housing mental de-
fectives xxx and would like to
have the public believe his prede-
cessors in office and the Legislature
were responsible. He forgets that
he was presented at the last session
with an adequate program of build-
ing but preferred to insist on an
appropriation for highways and
sidewalks."

SENTINEL
Fitchburg, Mass

JAN 2

Critics Rap
Message Of
/ Gov. Curley

"Shouts Extravagance and
Whispers Economy,"
Saltonstall Declares

BOSTON, Jan. 2 (A>) — Blunt and
sharp criticism of Gov. James M.
Curley's message to the second ses-
sion of the 149th Massachusetts
Legislature came today from a state
senator and the speaker of the
House, both Republicans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance
and whispers economy," said Speak-
er Leverett Saltonstall of the Dem-
ocratic governor's message, deliv-
ered yesterday.

"A welter of vague generalities,
was the comment of State Senator
Henry Parkman.

"The governor's address sounded
; well," Saltonstall said, "but even a
hurried analysis of his recommen-
'• dations reveals several inconsis-
tencies.

I "In one statement he accuses the
| Legislature of being underhanded
j in passing a bill and in another de-
i clares that it is fortunate the Legis-
\ lature acted as it did on the same
; bill.

"The governor makes several rec-
ommendations for the construction
of public buildings, but omits »o
state how the money is to be raised.

"Mere Suggestion" Seen

"He talks freely of reducing the
cost of government, but in this re-
spect merely suggests that a study
be made — the findings of course to
be made to the Legislature after the
governor's term has expired.''

The governor has announced him-
self a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for United States sena-
tor.

"It is significant," Saltonstall said,
mat the governors attack has

shifted from the executive council
to the Legislature. Last year he
wanted the executive council abol-
ished. Now he controls it, he makes
no reference to it whatever."

Senator Parkman, referring to that

rpart of Gov. Curley's message per-
taining to the housing of mental de-
fectives, said:

"The governor showed some heat
on the failure to provide additional
facilities for housing mental defec-
tives . . . and would like to have i
the public believe his predecessors
in office and the Legislature were
responsible. He forgets that he was
presented at the last session with an
adequate program of building but
preferred to insist on an appropria-
tion for highways and sidewalks." ,

Gov. Curley's Address

Quotations from Gov. James M.
Curley's annual message follow:

"Work and wages"— "The Legis-
lature . . . provided funds not only
grudgingly but in such limited
amount as to make impossible the
complete fulfillment of the pledge
cf work and wages."

Townsend plan— Although many
thousands of well-intentioned Amer-
icans believe that the social security
program does not go far enough, in
the judgment of competent author-
ities, it is the one plan which the
public are prepared to accept. Its
acceptance, however, may be
jeopardized by other plans, which,
while representing good intentions
and a desire to solve a tremendous
problem, may destroy the real ob-
jective sought, namely, the welfare
of the people."

Nurses — "I accordingly recommend
such additions to existing law as
would make possible the inclusion
of this very deserving group (nurses)
within the provisions of the work-
I men's compensation act.

Forty-eight hour law— "The adojj-
' tion of this humane measure of leg-
! islation has made necessary the em-
| ployment of some 2500 women and
i men, and while it has increased the
cost of conducting the institutions
: of the state, should shortly be re-
flected in an improvement both
physically and mentally of its real
beneficiaries — the wards of the
state."

"Raise School -Leaving Age"

Minors — "Good citizenship as well
as personal opportunity necessitate;
the raising of the school-leavieg ag'
from '4 to 16."

Compulsory insurance — "There v
need for immediate and drastic ac-
i tion ... it is worthy of your con -
sideration whether violators of the
automobile laws may not be re-
quired to install governors on their
cars limiting operation to 30 mile-,
per hour as a condition of continued
license."

Installment selling — "Many
abuses ... so much confusion
and evasion in the statement of !
interest rates on unpaid balances,
that it is next to impossible for '
the consumer to find out the true
rate he will be obliged to pay."

Mortgage rates — "In view of the
plenitude of money and the low
interest rates paid by the didu-
ciary institutions, there is, in my i
opinion, need for further reduc- ,
tion."

Housing — -unwholesome, un-
healthful, unsightly tenement prop-
erty, sometimes termed slum areas,
is apparently destined to remain
with us until such time as in the
interests of public health and public
decency we possess sufficient deter-
mination and courage to terminate
the same."

Unicameral Legislature

Legislature — "I recommend the
adoption of a consstitutional amend-
ment to make the unicameral Legis-
lature posible, a reduction in mem-
bership, and biennial sessions."

State institutions — "Neither the
plea of political expediency nor the
demand for economy at the expense
of those whose plea for considera-
tion has so long been denied will
justify failure to report the required
financial legislation so essential to
the well being of the mental defec-
tives and so necessary^ to the honor
of the commonwealth."

Utility rates— "The consumers of
the commonwealth should share in
any returns to the companies in ex-
cess earnings should take the form
of reduced rates."

Physicians' registration— "Persons
engaged in occupations less danger-
ous to the public welfare are re-
quired to pass certain tests. . . .
There can be no valid argument
pressed to exclude physicians and
surgeons."

State House building— I recom-
mend that an appropriation in the
sum of $1,000,000 be made available
for the erection of an addition to the
state capitol."

Finance— "It is gratifying to me
to know the fiscal year-end found
the state treasury with ... the
largest free cash balance during the
last five years . . . $2,486,043.'

The document was apparently prepare »* . .<•*■*-,

•

SENTINEL

Fitchburg, Mass.
1936

THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS

There is a jarring contrast be-
tween the idealistic, almost angelic,
tone of Gov. Curley's long, wordy
mid-term address and the actual
political performances of his first
year hi office.

He quotes the Bible, he glows
with humanitarian idealism as he
speaks of "work and wages," "so-
cial security," and government care
for "the poor and unfortunate in
mind and body."

He envisages his administration on
Beacon Hill as an instrument which
is helping to usher in a new era,
when the scriptural admonition, "I
am my brother's keeper," will be
fulfilled.

He laments that the "reactiona-
ries" who would darken the dawn
of this new era overlook "the all-
important fact that we leave this
world as we enter it; that the only
thing we leave behind when we de-
part this life is the record of service
and sacrifice to God and fellowrman
that we ourselves write while here."

Yet this is the same Gov. Curley
who has been continually before the
public eye as a demolisher of ideal-
ism in public sen-ice, who has ruth-
lessly and brutally thrown faithful
servants out of office, who has spent
the people's money lavishly, who
has debased the State House to the
level of a ward politician's back-
room hangout, who has permitted
his official family to abuse the spe-
cial privileges they enjoy, who, with
his motorcycle escorts, has made a
mockery of law enforcement on the
highways.

This is the same man who barters
a judgeship in a gross political bar-
gain and who has so far failed to co-
operate in exposing to the public all
the facts concerning bonding trans-
actions during his administration as
mayor of Boston.

Apparently, when Mr. Curley
takes his pen (or typewriter) In
hand to compose a message to the
Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives he dons a cloak of
idealism, humanitarianism and no-
bility of purpose which is not visible
to the eye when he is busy ousting a
veteran servant of the common-
wealth from office, or indulging in
political balderdash.

It is this dualism that invokes
cynicism in the citizenry. One of his
Biblical quotations is this: "Out of
evil cometh good." Can the electo-
rate be anything but cynical when
they are told that out of Curleyism
comes idealism and the new era?

The governor blames the state
legislature and the federal govern-
ment for his failure to fulfill his
pledge of "work and wages." Tf , j
however, the governor had not galli- j

vanted in Hialeah and Honolulu, and
had refused to spend his time at \
ouster proceedings, he might have 1
had more time to devote to the pro-
gram of "work and wages" himself.
He again stresses the importance
of "economic education" in second-
ary schools, as though it were a
cure-all for the election of incom-
petent public officials. Inasmuch as
Mr. Curley is himself, by virtue of
his office, an outstanding exponent
of economics as it is being prac-
ticed, we fail to see how any great
respect could be instilled into young
minds by the teaching of the sub-
ject in our schools.

In speaking of the report filed by
the legislative commission to study
taxation, Mr. Curley laments that
it was not authorized to study also
governmental expenditures, and he
recommends that a new commission
be appointed with sufficient funds
to study both taxation and the prob-
lem of reducing the cost of govern-
ment. Well, commissions are all the
rage, but if the governor had wished
to tackle the problem of reduced
governmental expenditures, he
might have made a start in his first
instead of adding to the tax
burden so tremendously, and wait-
ing for a commission to report a
year or so hence.

Mr. Curley devotes much time to
the needs of the department of men-
tal diseases, both for new buildings
and for modernization and fireproof-
ing of old buildings. The needs are
glaring, and have been pointed out
by former governors; but while we
may join with Mr. Curley in his
concern for the welfare of the men-
tally ill and feebleminded, we must
remind him that in the face of the
urgent need for reducing govern-
mental costs, the taxpayer cannot
afford everything at once, and it was
at his insistence that the Forty-
Eight Hour Law was passed, upping
the cost of the existing state institu-
tions many millions. Proper housing
of the mentally ill might better have
been voted than a reduction in the
hours of employment for state em-
ployes who enjoy permanent, secure
jobs.

The governor recommends bien-
nial sessions of the legislature, a
good recommendation; but he cou-
ples it with a proposal for a uni-
cameral legislature, that is, a legis-
lature composed of only one cham-
ber. He presents a good case for a
unicameral body, but Mr, Curley
would be the last politician that we
would want to see direct the reor-
ganization, for his mind runs too
strongly to political chicanery to be
entrusted with the problem of re-
districting.

He would abolish the state tax by
substituting levies on alcohol and
cigarets, doubling the fees for mo-
tor trucks, increasing the state's
share in dog racing pari-mutuel
handle, imposing a fee of at least $5
upon vending machines, levying an
additional gasoline tax for five years,
and continuing the 10 per cent addi-

tional tax on incomes, voted last
year as a temporary expediency.
Most of the specific new levies are
defensible, but it is difficult to see
1 ow the state tax can be abolished
until the governor decides to reform
his administration radically by
I drastic reduction of expenditures.
His "tax reform" is not reform at
all, but tax increase. The best way
he can reform taxation is to cut his
expenditures.

The governor recommends retire-
ment of judges in courts of state-
wide jurisdiction at 70 years of age
with full pay. The chief objection
to adoption of this recommendation
is that it would give Mr. Curley, the
promoter of the Baker juci
bargain, the opportunity to make
•vera) important judiciary ap-
.tments during the present year,
other objection is that many a
ge is in the prime of his intellec-

a\ powers after he reaches three

ire and ten.

NEWS
Framingham, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Governor Proposes New
i Luxury Taxes to Ease
Burden on Real Estate

Overhauling of Penal, Legislative and Ju-
dicial Systems Advocated in Annual
Message to Legislature

MILLION DOLLAR ADDITION TO

STATE HOUSE IS RECOMMENDED

^ disease. Abandonment ol Charles-

town State Prison.

BOSTON, Jan. 2 (INS)— New luxury Unemployment Insurance— Enact-
t axes ment of amendments to the State law

Relief for overburdened real estate. *° ct make lt conform ^ the Federftl
Reduction In gas and electric light- Constltutlonal conventlon-To con-
ing raws. slder the abo ution of present two-
Increased revenues from dog rac- body system of legislature, reduction
ln 8- In membership and biennial sessions.
A study of the Massachusetts tax Favors unicameral system In effect In
and expenditure system. Nebraska.

An overhauling of the penal, legls- Public Safety— Enact legislation to
I lative and judicial systems. secure cooperation with adjoining

These were the high points of the states Permitting police to cross bor-
annual message of Governor James der ,ines ln Pursuit of criminals.
M. Curley (D) to the incoming 149th Public Health— Annual reglstra-
Massachusetts Legislature assembled tlon 0I Physicians and surgeons with
In the House chamber yesterday an annual fee— the same as barbers,
afternoon. Highlights of the recom- optometrists and other professions,
mendatlons by the chief executive Insurance— Adequate personnel ln
were: the motor vehicles registry division

Revenue— Legislation for the pur- to facilitate Immediate Investigation
pose of securing revenue to reduce tax or accidents; consider feasibility of
burden on real estate; continue f r lnstallin 2 30 miles per hour gover-
flve years the gasoline tax; double nors on law violators' cars as pre-
the fees on motor trucks; Increase the reqtsite to continued operation,
revenue from dog racing from 3 1-2 Mortgage Interest Rate— Further
to 5 percent; two cents tax per pack- reduction, ln view of plentltude of
age of cigarettes and proportionate money, in spite of drop from six to
tax on other tobacco products; $5 tax 5 1_2 Percent.

on slot machines; 40 cents per gal- Installment Buying— Uniform sales
Ion tax on alcohol; study of the whole law to protect purchaser from ex-
State tax problem and expenditure Plotters.

problem by a commission of six legis- Labor— Reorganize Department of
lators and ten business and real estate Labor and Industries and Incorporate
leaders. in It duties of Industrial Accident

Public Utilities— The Department o{ Board; bring nurses in institutions
Public Utilities to determine a fait within scope of Workmen's Compen-
base rate and profit for gas and elec- sation Act; raise compulsory school
trie light companies and all excess attendance age from 14 to 16.
profits to be returned to the consum- Recreation— Appropriation of $100 -
er through a reduction ln rates. 00 ° to continue promotion of Massa-

Judgcs— District Court judges bar- chusetts as recreational spot; $100 000
red from practicing ln their own I0r conservation of fish and game life
courts; legislation permitting judges Education— Promotion of economic
of the three state courts to voluntar- education among the adult as well as
ily retire with full pay at the age of secondary schools.
™- Housing-Housing act of last year

State House— Appropriation of $1,- be amended to authorize cities and
000,000 to erect new addition to the towns to raise and appropriate monev
Ca P« 01 - for slums clearance so they mav be

Prisons— Appropriation of $1,750,000 a »le to secure federal aid
^ c „T C L\T bu i^, ln8t for tha criminal Erection of a World War memorial
SffViffffi.KSS the , su P ervl - Construction of more buUdlngT to
sion or the Department of Mental relieve overcrowded Institutions car-
ing for mental patients.

NEWS
Gardner, Mass,

What Governor Curley
/ Asks of Legislature

iJm™ nt n° n f 8 K h ^'"^ '" ClSarMeB and a correspond-
ing tate upon other tobacco products

Fee 01 at least $5 a year on every slot machine

SubHhi 01 ; flVe f year * aiiditi ° nal taX ° n sasoline.

Double the fees tor operation of motor trucks "so that the,

^JSa'SSJS tha rate9 ehttrKed by -**- — f0 ;

Tax of 40 cents on each proof gallon of alcohol

Legislation to secure revenue to obviate necessity of laying
•state ax on cities and towns to relieve rea. estate "

Continue 10 percent assessment „„„„ >
estates and corporations "" " ** ****« «"**«»>•.

Erection of addition to State C«pitol at $1,000,000

own courts. ' J ' KC ' S ln ( ' ml caaes in their

District Courts to be established on a circuit basis
Special justices to be paid on a per hour basis

J^cameral Legislature *m reduced membership and biennia,

C^UUoT P,iH ° n " C1,n '"— - «*- *• as re-

l>::;Xtc:i;r:;;L;;;::'-^;-;\ r -,i, 5 o,oo.

accommodation for veterans f ai! w'rs ^ l ° Pr °* d9

^::^ZnZ:T^:v Ht ^ and bu8inw » ■*«■«" -

of the state ' P6d * 5ta8 «* ° f "Perating activities

Enlargement n cr,n, ""U offense.

2000 S2 °' ],,S " ! " U " n8 f0r «?* m to accommodate

"o^^S^LS StSSS . conHl,me,s authoHze Piibuc

«'• otherwise „ f air ra(e * , ' ' ' * agreement with companies

"etpaUon by public and j£Z 7 ™* ba9e and basis ot "*
Duties of Stat,, i„, «•"»»«*■ in excess earnings

■s^iSSr? B °"" '" ' k ™ """ "'

' """■ ' « »w «t ««, ,„„„„

Increase powers of i
'nals by eliminating kf^TZ ?**?* ,n ^"^ «l»

Amend existing law to SKjiJft "J* *"*«*» »*'«<■
OH unemployment insurance " h DWW °«* of Federal act

iST StST tj;-^ 35- «. and adults

prance and low-cost ^"JS* ""'"^ to -* ?-

RECORDER
Greenfield, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Curley
Submits
Program

Unicameral legislature, protection
of nurses in institutions under the
workmen's compensation act, reor-
ganization of the department of la-
bor and industries and industrial
accident board, further reduction of
mortgage interest rates, and the
appointment of a commission of
recognized authorities on taxation
were among the recommendations in
Gov. James M. Curley \s address yes-
terday to the two branches of the
Massachusetts legislature.

Gov. Curley further urged non-
employment of boys and girls un-
der 16 and recommended that the
housing authority act enacted last
year he amended so as to authorize
cities and towns to raise and ap-
propriate money and to pay it over
to hou.-ing authorities within their
respective limits in order to assist
in the prosecution of slum clearance
and low cost housing projects.
Bicameral Legislation
Relative to bicameral legislation
Gov. Curley said:

"In my inaugural message I re-
commended that the size of the
legislature be reduced by diminish-
ing the number of members of the
! two branches, and with sessions
held biennially".

"The chief advantage of these
1 changes would be an obvious eco-
nomy, a saving for out hard-pressed
taxpayers. I not only adhere to
this belief at the present time, but
I am convinced that still further
economics might be achieved,
through the adoption of the bi-
cameral legislature to the system
now in operation in Nebraska.

"There is no need for two cham-
bers today. Historically the Sen-
ate or the "upper" house, was to act
as an aristocrat check on the more
democratic "lower" house, similar to
the English Lords-Commons rela-
tionship. Yet the progress of po-
llitical democracy has emasculated
I the House of Lords and in our own
state has fortunately mode both our
Senate and our . House of Repre-
sentatives truly democratic bodies.
Nor is there the basis for two cham-
bers that we find in Washington,
where one house is made up of rep-
resentatives of governmental units
and the other consists of men chosen
by population groups of equal size.
In our Commwealth the members of
bath houses arc representatives of
population groups of equal size, and
so duplicate constituencies.

Advantages Of Recommendation
"One great advantage in the uni-
cameral legislature is that it docs
away with the conference commit-
tee that exists to reconcile the dif-

ference in a measure passed by both
houses and that often ends by pro-
ducing a bill that is satisfactory to
nobody. These secret meetings of
conference committees are undemo-
cratic, uneconomic, undesirable —
yet absolutely necessary under our
present two-house system. The mem-
bers of these committees are ap-
pointed by the speaker of the. House
and, the president of the senate, and
considering the inordinate power
resting in the hands of the com-
mittees, one can appreciate the con-
centration of authority in the hands
of the two appointing powers. This
situation partly explains the some-
what bitter struggle over the elec-
tion of the Senate president one
year ago.

"Furthermore, the unicameral sys-
tem enables us to place responsi-
bility, and to conduct the business
of government efficiently and eco-
nomically. All votes would be taken
in the open and subject to roll call,
and each act would be transacted
under the spot light of publicity. It
would enable the representative to
act so that the voter could follow
his record,— without confusion, with-
out evasion, without subterfuge, but
in clearly defined votes and state-
ments.

"I therefore recommend the adop-
tion of a constitutional amendment
to make the unicameral legislature
possible, a reduction in member-
ship, and biennial sessions.
Nurse Protection
Gov. Curley said "The work-
men's compensation act as enacted
makes provision for the protection
of laborers, workmen, and mechan-
ics arid certain other classes of
employes, but no provision has
been made for the protection of
nurses in the institutions. The work
of these men and women is equally
as hazardous as persons in the
law-enforcing or fire-protection
branches of the public service, since
they are constantly exposed to the
danger of disease and death, and,
in my opinion are entitled to pro-
tection."

Relative to the reorganization of
the department of labor and in-
dustries and the industrial accident
board Curley said "The obvious
I first step in this reorganization,
I however, is for the department to
assume the duties of the industrial
accident board. My opinion, sup-
plemented by the surveys of com-
petent authorities, is that the di-
vision of jurisdiction between these
two agencies causes much waste-
ful overlapping of effort, and de-
feats the purpose which should be
the primary objective of both, —
the prevention of industrial ac
cidents and diseases".

"Legislation is necessary to per
mit the department of labor and in
dustries to take over the industrial
accident board's duties, and I tins
it will be authorized promptly".
Employment Of Minors
On the employment of minor
Gov. Curley said "If the years a
employment are to be shortened, i
is much wiser to keep these chil
dren in school, at least until the
are 16, so that they may more apt!
earn their way when they do start
Good citizenship as well as per
sonal opportunity necessitates th
raising of the .school-leaving ag.
from 14 to 16".
slon ot the Department oi mmn

Ing for mental

"The reduction in mortgage in-
terest rates from six to 5K> per
cent," Curley said, "which it has
been estimated represents a saving
to the people of the commonwealth
of approximately $12,000,000 has
been a contributing factor in the
lightening of the burden of the
home owner, but in view of the
plenitude of money and the low in-
terest rates paid by the fiduciary
institutions, there is, in my opinion,
need for further reduction".

Gov. Curley said the committee
on consumer credit rightly "urges
that consideration be given to a
feasible and just means of regulat-
ing all instalment sales. With this
opinion, the committee on con-
sumer credit concurs, and has
drafted a bill designed to accom-
plish that purpose".

"That is precisely the protection
which borrowers now have undei
the uniform small loan law, first
adopted by the commonwealth of
Massachusetts and now in force in
26 other states. The law work."
Retirement Of Judges

Regarding the retirement of
judges Gov. Curley said "I recom-
mend the enactment of legislation
permitting a judge of any of the
three courts of state-wide jurisdic-
tion, upon reaching the age of 70,
to retire voluntarily at full salary
from full active service, just as fed-
eral judges now may do. Present
judges of greater age should be
given a reasonable time in which to
elect to retire on the same terms.
Judges so retired should remain
bound, as they are not bound un-
der the federal system, to perform
such service as their health and
strength may permit, upon request
of the chief justice of the court.
There is always need of such ad-
ditional service. The supreme judi-
cial court has Ion? httSJJ unable to
keep up with its business. It has |
been necessary to draft district
court judges for service in the su-
perior court in criminal cases, and
to refer many civil cases to masters
and auditors, at great public ex-
pense. Retired judges could be very
useful. A study of the vital statis-
tics of the judiciary leads to a be-
lief that the cost of the proposed
plan not compensated by service,
would he small. The details of the
proposed plan have been carefully
studied and it appears not to be
open to sound objection. The pro-
posed plan serves at one stroke to
relieve the anxieties of aging
judges and to improve the judicial
service of the commonwealth.

Gov. Curley also recommended
that "the department of public util-
ities be authorized to determine by ,
agreement with the companies or (
otherwise, first, a fair rate of re-
turn; second a fair rate base; and
third, the basis of participation by
the public and companies in excess
earnings of public utilities engaged
in the distribution of gas and elec-
tricity in the commonwealth."
Finances Good

Relative to the state's finances
Gov. Curley said "It is gratifying
to me, and I am quite certain most
pleasing to the citizenship, to know
that the fiscal year ending Nov. 30,
1935, found the state treasury not
only with a free cash balance in the
eeneral fund, but also the largest

patients.

free cash balance during the last
five years, in the amount of $2,-
486,043.34. In addition to this bal-
ance in the general fund there was
also free cash in the highway fund
in the amount of $371,085.05.

"The existence of these free cash
balances at the end of the year
demonstrates that the budget EOT
1935 was safely balanced m both
the general fund and the highway
fund. The exceptional credit en-
joyed by the commonwealth during
the past year was evidenced by tin-
fact that issuance of bonds for state
activities not only found ready-
buyers, but the state sold these
bonds at a more advantageous price
than even the federal government
could obtain for its securities".

On district court reform Curley
said "The supreme judicial court has
recently adopted a rule prohibiting
district court justices and clerks
from appearing Sis counsel in crim-
inal cases in any of the court oi
the commonwealth. This section
justified the recommendation which
I made repeatedly during the last
session of the legislature. 1 now
urge you to carry the restriction a
step farther and prohibit practice by
■ the district court judges in civil
cases in their own courts. 1 also
renew my recommendation thai the
circuit courts be established on a
'circuit basis. Presiding justice-
should be given the option of sit-
ring full time with adequate com-
pensation, and appointments oi
presiding justices in the future
should be made only on that bull.
Special Tax Commission
Gov. Curley said the special com-
mission established under authority
(if chapter 63 of the resolves oi 1933
to investigate and study the taxa-
tion of tangible and intangible prop
erty and related matters, labored
conscientiously and brought forth a
report as complete as the limited
time and limited resource-, oi the
commission permitted."

"I recommend the appointment of
a\ commission of recognized author-
ities on taxation, including mem-
bers of the legislature, such com-
mission to be given ample time for
the work, and supplied with ade-
quate funds lor the employment of
all needed expert assistance".

"The deficiency bill annually en-
acted by the general court under
the title of "state tax" represent-
an assessment upon each city and
town which is reflected as a portion
bf the local property tax bill, whicl
the county tax covers all charges
other than those made for purelj
local needs".

"I recommend that legislation bi
passed having for its objective th<
securing of revenue sufficient ir
amount to obviate the necessity oi
laying any "state tax" upon tlu
cities and towns as a means of re-
lieving real estate of the inequitable
burden that it is now required to
bear".

Cites Average Gas Tax
Gov. Curley also said "Massachu-
setts with a three-cent tax on each
gallon of gasoline is one of the
few states with a rate well below
the average for the states of the
union, which is said to approxi-
mate five and one-third cents. In
comparing the fees charged for the
operation of trucks over the hieh-

ways of the commonwealth with
other states of the union it is ap-
parent that those employed in Mas-
sachusetts are not comparable that
with the requirement for road con-
struction that will provide sufficient
strength to carry trucks".

"It is recommended that the sum
now available in the state treasury
over and above that which was re-
quired to reimburse the cities and
towns for old age assistance and <
subsequent revenue from these '
sources be appropriated to the gen-
eral fund. In addition to this, 1 re-
commended that a tax of 40 cents
on each proof gallon as refined in
the alcoholic beverage act be es-
tablished on alcohol, which having
been freed from taxation has de-
prived the commonwealth of nec-
essary revenue, and is operating to
'allow unfair competition with
others engaged in the alcoholic bus-
I iness".

"It is recommended that a tax oi
two cents be laid on each package
of cigarettes and a corresponding
rate upon other tobacco products
for the purpose of increasing the
general fund and thus relieving the
stale of the necessity of assessing
a state tax upon the cities and
towns".

"It is recommended that in order
not to lose a source of revenue
which has been heretofore possible
through taxing the small merchant,
,a fee of at least $5 per year be
placed on every slot machine, tin-
receipts of which shall be credited
to the general fund, which will tend
to make it possible to abondon the
state tax and put the state under its
budget system on a real debit ;
credit standard.

debit and ,■ C Lfc

NEWS
Gardner, Mass.

iJJb

EDITORIAL NOTES

Attorney General Paul A. Dever has ruled
that a member of the Legislature holding an
appointive office in "the state service may
take the salary for cither office he chooses
but cannot receive both. Now, Mr. Attorney
General, we want a ruling on whether he can
be compelled to give the time to each job he
would give if he held only one. And if not,
why not?

Registrar Frank A. Goodwin is still on his
$6000 job and he is going to butt into labor
union affairs in Haverhill as much as he
pleases. This, in spite of the fact that Gov-
ernor Curley told him to quit one or the oth-
er. The men conferred Tuesday and the Gov-
ernor announced that he had found Good-
win's labor activities ethical. They were un-
ethical the week before, the Governor had
— .^loimprl. What a laugh.

Gardner, Mass.

JAN 2 W3G

| NOTHING BUT EXPENSE

In his annual message to the Legislature,
Governor James M. Curjey, who was elected
last year on a platform of work and wages he
promised would put men to work, took an
hour and twenty-five minutes to recommend
over the radio an increase in state expenses.
He wants seven additional taxes to help bal-
ance the budget. What a joke this "balance
the budget" is in state and federal affairs and
what an increasing problem in household af-
fairs.

He used approximately 13,000 words to tell
those who elected him to office — and those
who didn't — that he needs more money with
which to continue his dictatorship.

He told the legislature in so many words
that the failure to make his promise of "work
and wages" effective was because of their
"grudging yielding" to most of his demands.
The rest he blamed on the dilatoriness of the
federal government. When he was campaign-
ing he was the individual who was to produce
— no one else.

His was the routine message of an execu-
tive seeking to cover his tracks and lay the
groundwork for what he has advertised as
his next job — the United States Senatorship
open for candidates this year. He expended
a lot of verbiage on social security.

He would extend the compulsory school
age from 14 to 16 but he did not mention the
expense that would be necessitated to pro-
vide for the additional attendance. He asks
a million dollar addition to the state house.
He wants, as does everyone else, suitable con-
ditions for the mentally incompetents and for
state prisoners, all at the expense of a few
more millions. With these two latter recom-
mendations The News has considerable sym-
pathy. It has advocated these. He wants
more automobile inspectors to enforce the
laws governing traffic and, if he doesn't get
them, he indicates that the compulsory insur-
ance law should be abandoned and he sug-
gests regulations for automobiles. Ridiculous.
' He wants a unicameral (one-body) legisla-
ture and biennial sessions, with which The
News is in entire sympathy, especially with
the biennial sessions. And he wants two or
three commissions, one of which is to study
taxation matters, state expenditures and
methods of reducing governmental costs.

This last is the nearest approach to a sug-
gestion of economy in the entire 13,000

slon ol the Department or menmi

words. The government of this state and
country has developed into the appointment
of commissions — they are always appointed
— to find a way to reduce expenses. If one
has been appointed that has accomplished
anything else than to run up a sizeable bill of
expenses including fabulous accounts for
travel, it has never reached our attention.

In all the governor made more than fifty
recommendations and practically every one
called for increased expenses. But he laid no
claim to delivering anything this year as he
did a year and more ago when campaigning.
The burden of running up bills is laid on the
legislature which he chided for having failed
to deliver for him last year what he promised
himself to deliver.

The legislature needs to muster a lot of
"No" votes in this session. It is the only hope
of those who so far have escaped bankruptcy.

: .

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lng for mental patients. "

Press Clipping Service

2 Park Square

BOSTON MASS.

TIMES
Gloucester, Mass.

JAN 1 1936

/ THE GOVE^OR^JVIESSAGE

This year's message to the legislature will not be taken
so seriously as Goveradr James M. Oorley's last year's mea-
sage. Some of His Excellency's last year reeolSaS
weie later found to be unconstitutional and others received
00 support from Mr. Curley who seemed never to 1 '
made them seriously. For instance last year the Jo ernor'
Plan to make his attorney general lord over all district
attorneys were found Ifr be unconstitutional. Again

h / ,- ■ • r 1 "'' 1 t " r blemiial • sessi(,,ls but "Sowed no

uteres m he subject when the legislature refused to con-

J;;;-,; 1 iIls »««U«tf'i nwommendationa in this year's

In his introduction Governor Cnrlev savs that 1836
marks the end of the depression and then asks fori aeries
£*2£"™t«« *± Jading projects which recoS

the factthat he expects the depression to last till 1937 at

Gov ;„ "'I! ,, :" , ' d ^?»«y ^ that does not b<4£ th

governor. He has recently chosen as a slogan the words

by ttus term, but it seems to boil down to making Lara
State expendnures tor the benefit of Mr. CurleVs j > ,ds
and b satelhtes The slogn has no connection whh Ma , m

urc '"••" T"° ? 1UMlsi ° nS - IJe "lx.log.zes for

ira iik oJ success on a parsimonious legislature

< tace again he asks for a smaller number of legislators

He mus make this request with his tongue in hT> cheek!

;• legislators will never consent to u reduction in S

number. His unicameral legislature will receive no attention

from either legislature or public. He again as r£

" «w legislature. If }, e would expend half the eneiw it.
•; P tuig h, n,al sessions throng!, the fitStoTSB e

^^iMfiS? 1 -^ «----"■

tag SwZ g law.\«1 U ' e S T taX be dismissed * I—
new taxes anH Sm? "^T^ Uive this togWrtiw
-late, and proceed^ Si? l° th the S,at " <« ** d real
travagances S L nll^ST* * now mone - v on fre « h ex "
of the Supreme oSSW?* 8 ? nd ° f the ° lder *»*»*
friends th ere Vo h£ 2 / " ™ ay pIace some of hi *
asks for higher L-4t on T7 lVa if nt KF r0JeCts the Gove ™ or
branches slmulV ee at \J ' Kejn ' bhca » m^rity in both
see U,at th *se new taxes are not authorized

RECORDER

Greenfield, Mass.

JAN 2 193b
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL

It the performanTc"" in office of Gov. James M.
Curlcy equalled the standard set in his annual ad-
dresses to the legislature, there would be less reason
to demand and expect his defeat in the campaigns of
this new year of 1936.

The speech he made yesterday, like his inaugural
of a year ago, contained many sound proposals; its
Curleyism was restrained. But a year has shown us
that while his address is an important contribution
to political economy, his practice nullifies any of his
suggested advances by his indulgence in excessive
patronage and too free spending of the public's money.
This commonwealth might better struggle onward
with archaic and obsolete forms failing to keep lull
pace with modern day needs than to increase the bu-
reaucracy and abandon financial responsibility, which
are the curses of most goverment units today.

A year ago we found it possible to endorse Gov.
Curlevs proposal to reduce the membership of the
Legislature ; this year we find it as easy and as sound
to agree with his proposal for a single house. A year
ago he proposed abolition of the executive council,
which he did not then control, and since he does no!
mention it in W36i when it lies in the palm of his band,
we would add double strength to our statement that
this body is of no service to the state.

A year ago Curley proposed retirement ol judges
at 70, and wc agreed with him in part. This year 1 he
Recorder-Gazette heartily favors Ins plan, whereby
those able jurists could continue their services while
others could enjoy respectable retirement.

With the new social security plan upon US as 3
payroll expense this year, we would have postponed
Curley's suggestion lor broadening workmen's com-
pensation until we better understood industry's ca-
pacity to bear it. Again, there should be general sup-
port for his demand for raising the minimum work age

to 16.

Many will doubt that reduction ol mortgage in-
terest rate and further regulation of installment buy-
ing are proper government undertakings, as Curley
suggests. Perhaps more will conclude the government
is well out of the housing business, which the governor
would put it into.

Again this year, Curley has demoted a consider? •
section of his address to the situation of Mate institu-
tions for the care of mental and criminal wards. While
sonic merit may be found in his argument for extend- ,
ing the system, it assuredly should not be done as long
as taxes continue at present levels. Nor should the 48-
hour law for employes of these institutions be permit* I
to stand another year. Thee jobs, when the work wee*
was longer, were as eagerly sought, and it has hem
an extravagance beyond the means of the taxpayers.

Gov. Curley has borrowed a page from Postma tei
General Farley when he discusses state finances. Far-
ley reported a "surplus" by the simple device, of leav-
ing out part of his costs. Curley boa, Is of the largest
"free cash balance in five years", without mention
of the huge additions to the State debt in 1935. lb is
on more stable ground when he discusses the work
of Sen. Davenport's recess commission and the need
for prolonging -it studies. Aside from a complete
change of heart by the legislature on approni iat ion
proposals, it is the only hope for a more equitable tax
load. His proposal to end the "slate lax", thai easy

dodge of unthinking legislators, has been endorsed by-
Tax Commissioner Long and should have the hearty
support of every city and town official and every real
estate tax payer. On the subject of taxes on gasoline
and trucks, the governor also has sound reason.

While the average person can go along with him
in the proposal to tax all slot machines, it is more
difficult to accept his proposal to tax cigarettes two
Cents a package. The doubt arises not so much from
the fact that the federal tax on these luxuries is al-
ready heavy as from the fact that bootlegging of this
commodity is so easy there can be but little chance
of tax collection.

Although Gov. Curley concludes' on a note of pious
prayer for government economy, those who read the lull
text of his address and study his acts of 193S will fear
that this is one New Year's resolution which will
never see spring.

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Transcript
Holyoke, Mass.

JAN 2 193b

Dan-

BOSTON— New outbreaks may be
expected in Massachusetts prisons
unless the state parole board adopts
a more lenient attitude toward re-
lease of prisoners for good behav-
ior, State Correction Commissioner
Arthur T. Lyman warned today.
The prisons are "smouldering" be-
cause of the board's failure to dis-
cuss with him possible release of
prisoners, Lyman informed Gov.
Curley. "Unless-some inducement Is
held out to the prisoners to insure
good behavior, you are going to
have constant trouble and explosion
in the penal institutions," Curley re-
iterated.

PATRIOT

Hyannis, Mass.

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/ PROViNCETOWN

Ask Go verno r for Projects
Considerable dl itli fad lor » II \)
the way Ih WPA u tunctii
u a i pre i d ai o mool Ing of the
Sand I ar association Sunday ui-ln .
li was declan rl thai tin re orn
i io undornoui Ished children In
low ii due to the unomploynu n'l
situation and the meagre dlstrlbu
lion of Federal r< liei food. Th"
mi "i Ing >■■ c m on record In favor ol
a Linn <; iv ''mi I ■'. to pio\ id-- pri
Jeirl.M ho ii lo" fiiini ih omploj merit..
li was alle red thai whfti oth r
towns iii the county were gottlhg

WI'A help, I'l'oviiK-.-towu w

oelvlng nothlnfe, Its project
lag bei n losl ra the i huffle.

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GAZETTE

Haverhill. Mass.

JAN t V •

A F. L. SECRETARY
FLAYS GOVERNOR
AND REGISTRAR

ANY TROUBLE S VMSV5'

HERE FAULT OF
UTTEWESAVS

Issues Statement-Curley
Comments Facetiously
\ on Situation

(Special to The Gazette)

in d Allied Craftsmen of, B '°«"""'
o Lr. 1 Watt secretary and treas-

ml, »:.v B even ?om The employers and
essary even n _ n n se aflffirs

SSfBU « I'SSBi ~ d *

W J,»n. lengthy alibi for his de-
WW t0 KefSd discusses sud-
? T" the extraordinary capacity ol
dcn ly the cxir nizer Goodwin
services of Laboi " hugetlB state
it is time for tlK "J ive the pub -

^^'nmer sWc ol thf story.

He the other side « daims t0

"° f C °a r \ thorough investigation oi
h ave made a tMW .ugi t {ering ta
Goodwin's activities >n Gqv _ ,

SUCh T.s Sen « busy preparing his
crll0 r ha» «"VjU- 'annual address

a , ftf , sssia ^ ws «*

Govecrnor's surprising statement

■■It will be a tough New Years
present for the people of Haverhill f
the registrar succeeds in accomplishi-
ng the results such as those which
Have depressed wage schedules n
Brockton between 20 and 25 percent,
which have seen, the removal anc clos- ,
I ing down of seven factories in the ,
i Brockton district, in which between
I 1800 and 2000 woikers had been em- 1
I ployed before Goodwin arrived and
I which have transferred much of the
i production of the W. I*. Douglas Co.'
' from Brockton to Binghampton. New i
York anc'. Rochester, N. H. I

"If the questions raised by Good- |
win are to be greeted by slugging* m
Haverhill, as in one union meeting in
Brockton, it will be a strange sort of
peace that the Governor predicts for
other cities into whih the Allied
Brotherhood may be establishea
through the eloquent salesmanship of
the registrar.

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PATRIOT
Hyannis, Mass.

JAM

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I included I* the 500 met. assign-
ed to start work U.tw«J ; on ^

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1 'ranscnpt
Holyoke, Mass.

JAN 2 193b

late

Gov. Curley's Message

Gov Cudey's message to the Legislature is too long lor
general digestion, although it ought to be given careful reading.
T unique suggestion that won't get very far tins year is hat
rZce ourlegislature to one house They have ,*m**rt
it, Nebraska. It hasn't been tried out yet. It was Senato
\orri ' idea. The diffusion of power thru two houses has
been our custom, inherited from the ^^^ ,
system. But having reduced their House of ^ds to lowest
,;,, us . American thought runs along that lme ^ ™

like it because thev can more easily control the legislative
ocies the work with. The Legislative bodies were set up SO
h Governors could be curbed. They are directly answerabk
tie people Last year Gov. Curley wanted to abolish the
roverno ? s Council. Having remade that body n his own
fmagthe doeS want to spare it now. He can use it to de-
feat" appointments he doesn't wish to make.

The Governor asks for biennial sessions of the legislature.
\fter the 1935 session the people want the change more han
ever, and the members of the Legislature ought to be icady

t0 * The Governor scolds public spending. Having established

R record as L biggest spender the State has ye! developed, he
must be taking a shot at himself . .

He wants taxes lowered, but wants them raised too.

He doesn't like that tax commissi oner s refeort on new

tax sources any better than the rest of us. At leas he asl.s
for a TSU commission that will study ending the public spend-
ing and the tax problem together ( iuu . (nxM Hc
The Governor has his own ideas about neu taxes Be
would eliminate the direct taxes from cities and towns that have
Wen used to make up deficits for the State. To "pla^m
he would retain the 10 per cent surtax on all incomes thai
ra i B ed a lot of money at the tail-end of last year.

He would keep the extra cent, tax on gasoline, raise 11m
tax on dog racing, but not on horse racing, and tax every box
Of cigarettes two cents. This latter won", go, except as a war
time tax. Too many people will object too much.

The Governor also asks for a $5 tax on every slot machine.
There are some who still think that slot machines are mits.de
the pale of the law. These are. some ideas worth developing.
Also, the Governor would pay higher taxes on liquors to
finance old age pensions. While, he doesn't say that he dis-
approves of the Townscnd Plan, he does say that the orderly
establishment of old age security may be destroyed by schemes
looking for quicker ways.

The Governor still wants Budges to quit at, \Q, but i ltn
full pay thereafter, and the responsibility of being called to
preside over cases where court, dockets become toe crowded.

A great deal of the message is given up to demands for
better institutional care of those who are so provided by thfl

gtate. He would rate the Rutland Tuberculosis Hospital and

build a new one.

For the veterans of all past wars, Gov. < urley aslSS tor
headquarters with a great auditorium, centrally located, and
thai could be used for great conventions of other bodies. Sounds
very familiar. Keeping our youth in school until age sixteen,
is again suggested.

While the message is too long, it does cover the many de-
partments which State administration includes. It has nothing
radical to offer in the way of suggestion outside the one cham-
ber Legislature. It has been written from experience. It
doesn't promise work and wages, although it dees blame the
Legislature for not letting his full program go thru.

load. His proposal to end the "state lax", llial easy |

o*>

-;'■'• • • • .. :K

Ao one believes that if he had gotten all the money ho

wanted, Gov. Cm-ley would have put everybody at wo-h On*

who tries to follow the Governor's mental processes and thw

are swift, can read into his message the plan he has in mind

or his senatorial campaign. He gives columns and columns

to a picture of the social and institutional structure in the Statr

He will try to reach the people with that background when in'

the summer, he begins to make his rounds. He knows what

he is doing— when he assumes a responsibility for being his

brother s keeper. A lot of people are thinking thai way these

days. J

Transcript
HoJyoke, Mass.

/ The Horses Have Us

Gox. Curley suggests that there be
an increase 1 on the tax for dog races
He could extend that to horse rac-
ing and get something. No one
knows how much they bet on horse
races in New York State last year,
but outsireof New York, Massa-
chusetts bet more at the races than
any other state save only Illinois
and there the difference wasn't very
great.

Massachusetts horse race betting

totalled $34,500,000 last year In

Illinois the total betting was $35,000,-

000. For the other states, where the

counted legalized betting is reported.

was that Kentuckians bet $10,250,-

000; visitors to Florida, excluding

those at the current meeting at

Tropical Park, wagered $20,000,000;

Californians bet more than $30,000,-

000, $27,000,000 was bet in

Maryland, $35,000,000 in Illinois, $8 -

000,000 in Rhode Island $8,000,000 ia

New Hampshire, $7,000,000 in Ohio

and $2,000,000 in Louisiana.

In addition it is estimated that
more than $11,000,000 was bet in
Michigar and $15,000,000 in Texas.
More millions were bet in Wa«hing-
ton, Oregon, West Virginia, South
Dakota, Nebraska and Nevada.

In New York the betting probablv
exceeded a quarter of a billion dol-
lars. Of course no such sum as
that would have been wagered there
if the mutucls were used, because
there would be fewer large bets, the
students of the machines realizing
that large bets would diminish the
odds on the horses they backed.

The attendance at almost all of
the tracks in 1935 was much larger
than in 1934. In New York 1,135,-
000 persons visited the various I
tracks. This was 137,000 more than
the previous year. in Massachu-
setts 2,144,000 watched the races.

That is larger than in any of the
states Almost twice as big a fig-
ure as New Yorks shows. This means
that horse racing and what it means
has gotten across to more people in
Massachusetts than in any other of
the states. It is something for a
rich state that see iself losing its
great manufacturing industries to be
thinking about.

It isn't that 2,144,000 afternoons
were spared by that many people to
watch horses or rather to watch the

Times
Hartford, Ct.

CURLEY ASSERTS
LACK OF FUNDS
I HALTSPROGRESS

Bay State Governor's
Annual Message Crit-
ical of Legislature

betting dial, and that they poured
$34,500,000 around to each other and
somebody else, bm that the appeal
of the gambling instincts is being
cultivated on a large scale.

In California where there are not
so many people, but where the peo-
ple live out of doors and are more
committed to sport than we are,
1,250,000 visited the tracks. In Rhode
Island 750.000 were at Narraganseit
Park, and a like number visited the
course in New Hampshire.

The attendance in Illinois was
P02,000. and, excluding the present
meeting at Tropical Park 660 000
visited the Florida tracks.

Men who have studied the at-
tendance figur.es at all the courses
in the country .say they were cer-
tain more than fifteen million per-
sens witnessed a horse race during
the year.

And 1935 wasn't an over opalent
>car at that.

Boston — (AP) — Quotation* from
Governor Curley's annual message to
the Legislature:

Work and wages — "The legislature
provided funds not only grudgingly
but in such limited amount as to
make impossible the complete ful-
fillment of the pledge of work and
wages."

Townsend Plan— "Although many
thousands of well-intentioned Ameri-
cans believe that the social security
program does not go far enough, in
the judgment of competent authori-
ties, it ia the one plan which the
public are prepared to accept. Its
acceptance, however, may be jeopar-
dized by other plans, which, whi.H
representing good intentions and a
desire to solve a tremendous prob- ,
lem, may destroy the real objective
sought, namely, the welfare of the
people."

Compensation for Nurses

Nurses — "I accordingly recommend
such addition* to existing law as
would make possibile the inclusion of
this very deserving group (nurses)
within the provisions of the workmen's
compensation act."

Forty-eight hour law-— "The adop-
tion of this humane measure of leg-
islation has made necessary the em-
ployment of some 2.500 women and
men, and while it has increased the
cost of conducting the institutions of
the state, should shortly be reflected
in an improvement, both physically
and mentally of Its real beneficiaries
i — the wards of the state."

Compulsory Auto Insurance
Compulsory insurance — "There is
need for immediate and drastic action.
It is worthy of your consideration
whether violators of the automobile
laws may not be required to install
governors on their cars limiting oper-
ation to 30 miles per hour as a con-
dition of continued license."

Installment selling— "Many abuses
... so much confusion and evasion
in the statement of interest rates on
unpaid balances, that it is next to im-
possible for the consumer to find out
the true rate he will be obliged to
pay."

Mortgage rates— "In view of the
plentitude of money and the Interest
rates paid by the fiduiclary institu-
tions, there is, in mv opinion, ner-i
for further reduction."

Transcript
Holyoke, Mass.

JAN 2 193b

Misgivings Over Curley's
Tax Program Expressed

Boston Post ^yTlTReco^ndations Are
Adopted 1936 Will Be No Happy Year
For Taxpayers

BOSTON, Jan. 2 - Massachusetts
„;« mostly Republican, ex-
newspapers, mostly "=£.., l0 _
,-rpssed misgivings editorially
Stover tee increased tax P™*"*
outlined by Governor ©JjJ-J* |
annual message to tec > Degi Mature.

I observed tee Republican Springfield
Union.

Referring to Curley's proposal for
a commission to study taxation, the
Republican Worcester Telegram
stated:

•This is excellent, but it is large

, ,ly a gesture and will be largely a
T^e Democratic chief executive m £ until the state proceeds

actually to reduce the cost of its
government."
House Speaker Leverett Sal ton-

producing plan is the most surp
ing He advocates a tax of 2 pel cei..
be laid on each package of cigarettes
and* corresponding rate upon other
tobacco products "for the purpose of
ncreasing the General Fund and
thus relieving- the State of the neces-
sity of assessing a state tax upon tee
cities and towns."

The Governor made no direct ref-
erence to the ambitions of those
sponsoring the Townsend Club plan
of granting $200 a month to all citi-
zens over 60 years of age but his
message contained what may be
! construed as an indirect attack on
. the Townsend scheme.

After advocating the Social Se-
curity program, on which he will
base his candidacy for the United
1 States Senate, His Excellency says:
"Although many well intentioned
citizens believe that the Social Se-
curity program does not go lar
enough, in the judgment of compe-
tent authorities it is the one plan
which the public are prepared to ac-

ccpt. t,

"Its acceptance, however, may be
Jeopardized by other plana, which,

while representing good intentions

The Democraut <...."

nirT2.OOO.word message yesterday
"commended continuance of the 13
per cent surtax on incomes, dou-

bling of truck licensing fees, a 40-
cent-a-gallon tax on alcohol, an in-
crease from 3H to 5 per cent m
the State's share of dog-racing re-
ceipts; a tax of two cents on each
package of cigarettes and a cor-
responding levy upon other tooacco
products. -J

He also advocated continuance for
five years of the three-cent-a-gallon
tax on gasoline, and a $5 annual
fee on slot machines.

■U Governor Curley's recom-
mendations, in his annual message
to the Legislature yesterday, are en-
acted into law, 1936 will be no hap-
py New Year for taxpayers said
the Independent-Democratic Boston
Post "The Governor is hot atte.
them He would reenact tee three-
:ent gasoline tax and continue this
rate for five years.

••It seems there i? some cause for
jealousy because other Stales have
a higher gasoline tax than Massa-

Ch .'These things would, he believes,
relieve the real estate tax-payer.
But somehow new taxes never
.lighten the burden on the real es-
tate owner. He is being constantly
reheved-relieved of more money.
I He has therefore grown cyni

| ab Tn e 'Republican Boston Her,
1 was more vehement. In an editorial
titled "Spend Now! Save Later! the
Herald accused Curley of empha-
sizing revenue rather than retrench-

nen ^conomies in State administra-
tion can wait, as there is 'ample
I time' for the work of determining
1us t what form they should take
Ihe Herald said. « . . .He (the
1 Governor) placed the emphasis, un-
1 fortunately, on revenue, not re-
trenchment."

Governor Curley's- smooth pro-
Iposal tor eliminating the State tax
1 while in other proposals recom-
mending large increases in State
1 expenses may be taken as more de-
llusive than hopeful bait for the
(trouble psychology of taxpayers,"

stall a Renublican, also assailed the
Governor's message which, he said,
••shouts extravagance and whispeis ,

economy." |

The Governor's message was re-
markable in that it consisted large-
ly in rehearsal, recapitulation and
readvocacy of matters which he has
presented many times before to the
public in speeches, legislative mes-
sages and interviews. He hammered
away In this annual legislative mes-
sage on the value of the Roosevelt
social security program and on the
desirability of a one chamber leg-
islature and biennial sessions of the
'Legislature. Other subjects, dear
to the Governor's heart, as better
care for inmates of state institutions,
were stressed at great length.

The real surprise was the plan ad-
vocated for additional revenue to
operate the state government. He
wished legislation to secure revenue
sufficient in amount to obviate the
necessity of laying any state tax
upon cities and towns, as a means
of relieving real estate of the in-
equitable burden that it is now re-
quired to bear. He, therefore, sug-
gests new forms of taxation.

First, he recommends a tax of 40
cents on each proof gallon of alco-
hol, which, he says, having been
freed from taxation has deprived the
Stale of necessary revenue and U
operating to allow unfair competition
with others engaged in the alcoholic
beverage business.

He recommends next that the fees
for the operation of motor trucks
in Massachusetts be doubled so that
they will be more nearly like the
rates charged by adjoining States.
He also asks for a continuation for
live years of the extra one cent tax
on the sale and use of gasoline.

He would increase the "handle"
on dog racing betting from 3.5 per
cent to 5 per cent, which, he esti-
mates, would give the State increas-
ed revenue of a quarter of a million
dollars.
Governor Curley's next revenue

jective sought, namely, the welfare
of the entire people."

Onlv nine lines are given to the
subject of mortgage interest rates,
the governor stating that the reduc-
tion in these rates from 6 to 5.Z
per cent, thus saving the people
$12 000,000, has been a contributing
factor in the lightening of the bur-
den of the home owner. In view of
the plentitude of money and the low
interest rates paid by banking
institutions, the governor thinks
there ought to be further reductions
in mortgage interest rates.

Governor Curley renews a recom-
mendation of last year that steps
be taken to promote economic edu-
cation, not only in the secondary
schools .but among the adult popu-

lation. ...

He recommends that the Housing
Authority act enacted last year be
.amended as to authorize cities and
1 towns to raise and appropriate
money and to pay it over to housing
authorities within their respective
limits in order to assist in the
prosecution of slum clearance and
low cost housing projects.

Much attention is given in the
message to the governor's desire for
a one body legislature and biennial
sessions of the Legislature. He
Bgkin finds that there is no need
for the upper body, the Senate, the
elimination of which would do away
with conference commi'.tees be-
tween the House and Senate. The
committees have Inordinate powers.
he states, and, as they are appointed
by the House Speaker and the Sen-
ate President these two state
officials have vast authority. A one
body Legislature and biennial ses-
sions he advocates as a money sav-
ing program for the tax payers. He
recommends that judges of any of
the three courts of state-wide juris-
diction upon reaching the age of 70
be allowed to retire voluntarily at
full salary from full active service,
as federal judges are now permitted

Discussing tee rate question as it
affects public utilities, gas and elec-
tricity, the governor states that in

^V&Ucu^A

load. His proposal to end the 'State tax", thai easy

•

his opinion the institution of a slid-
ing scale system of rate determina-
tion will best serve the people of
the state. This is a matter on which
the governor has aired his views
many Jimes.

The borrowing of money by the
state, cities and towns renders
necessary recourse to banks outsid?
of Massachusetts. Therefore, the
governor thinks that a change in the
law to permit larger deposits of
state, city and town funds in bank-
outside of Massachusetts is essential.

GOV. CURLEY'S PROPOSALS
FOR ACTION BY LEGISLATURE

Tax of 2 cents on each package of cigarettes and a corresoondinr
rate upon other tobacco products. corresponding

Fee of at least $5 a year on every slot machine.
Continue for five years additional tax on gasoline
Double the fees for operation of motor trucks So that thev will

lax of 40 cents on each proof gallon of alcohol

r„ m n! C 'T C f '°'! 1 %ii l ° S per cenl '""d'^ lak<,n «»v State Racing
LOBimi.'sion on dog races. """"■■

Legislation to secure revenue to obviate necessity of laying state
tax on cit.es and towns to relieve real estate '

esl a ^r!!,7 e i0 P V' C< " nt asspssment U P«» '*** against Individuals,
estates and corporations.

Erection of addition to State Capitol at fl, 000 000
Voluntary retirement at age of TO of statewide court judges at
rull salary, subject to further duty at request of chief justice

Own cwts" Pn ' CUcC by I)i5 "" ict Court jud8<-s in clvil «ses in their
District Courts to be established on a circuit basis.
Special justices to be paid on a per hour baafa

Unicameral Legislature with reduced membership and biennial
sessions. »««.«.

Abandon State Prison at Charlestown and utilize site as receiving
station. •

Imprison only first offenders at Concord Reformatory to do awav
with "college of crime."

Hospital for criminally Insane at Norfolk at cost of $1,750,000

Centrally located structure as World War Memorial to provide
accommodation for veterans of all wars.

Committee of legislators, real estate and business Interests to
study and report program for reducing cost of operating activities of
uic stale.

Commission of recognized authorities on taxation and legislators
to develop program ior reduction in the cost of government.

Practicing as physician or surgeon without the required annual
registration would be made a ciiminal offense.
patie l nts a,SCm< ' nt "' i,,slituUons for "™«ally >" to accommodate 2000

For benefit of gas and electric consumers authorize Public I'lit-
ities Commission to determine by agreement with companies or other-
wise a fair rate of return, fair rate base and basis of participation by
public and companies In excess earnings

Duties of State Industrial Accident Board to be taken over by
Department of Labor and Industries.

Drastic action to reduce spurious claims in automobile accidents
or repeal compulsory insurance law
^ ^Discontinuance of employment of boys and girls under the age

Increase powers of law enforcement officers in pursuing criminals
by eliminating by agreement border lines between states

Amend existing law to conform with provisions of Federal act on
unemployment insurance. "»h«iki«i

Promote economic education for school pupils and adults.
Allow cities and towns to appropriate money to assist in slum
clearance and low-cost housing projects.

C ou rant
Hartford, Ct.

JAN 2 193b

_JM«

CXV^QjlQ-

GovJIurley

Urges Series

/ Of Reforms

Proposes Relief of Realty
Taxpayer, Institution
Increases, Labor Law
Chan >res

Boston. Jar 1.—<AP.)— Mas-
sachusetts Legislator* had before
thero tonight a long list of recom-
mendations for laws which Gover-
nor James M. Curlry believed desir-
able to advance the commonwealth's
social and economic welfare

In a message that took him an
nour and ;5 minutes to deliver be-
fore a joint session of the House and
Senate, the Governor said the state's
most pressing problems were

Rel.ef of the real estate taxpay-
er, increases In the capacltv of state
institutions, further labor" law re-
forms and the increasing cost of
compu sory automobile liability in-
surance

To the assembled legislators he
recommended specific legislation
covering these and a multitude of
lesser problems.

New Taxes Suggested.

To ease realty taxes. Governor
Curlry recommended laws obviat-
ing the state tax assessed bv the
commonwealth on cities and towns
which, hr said, would cut $2 from
tne tax rate of every city and town

To of (set loss of this source of
I ei nue, he proposed a series of
ffc new taxes, which included
doubling oi the fees for the op-
eration of motor tt . excise
"f 40 cents a gallon on alcohol, a
'ax o! two cents a package on cig-
arettes, and an increase to g per
cent of the 34 per rent share the
state now receives from dog rac-
ing.

Hr recommended al.so appoint-
ment of a committee to study what
economics were possible to state ad-
ministration.

The governor devoted a ma tot-
share of his message to the prob-
lems of caring for mentally diseased
persons, which, he adjured the legis-
lature, demanded "serious consid-
eration coupled with courageous ac-
tion."

He detailed at length serious over-
crowding of patients and employee!
in state hospitals and corrections
institutions, urging that necessap
increases of facilities be provide*
I without delay.

( pruduci

na plan is the most surp

GAZE'lTE

Haverhill, Mass.

JAN 2 19 36

;haftsTSeT
at govpor
over message

Isaltonstall and Parkman
Point "Inconsistencies"
I in Address

under the circumstances."

"I am in favor of some plan to pro-
vide for the retirement of judges," I
Cabot asserted, "but I should certainly |
be concerned at the prospect of giving
anyone the power to forcibly retire all
judges at the age of 70. ... It
would mean giving the Governor the
; opportunity to obtain absolute control
i over the courts of the state. ... It
| would be far better to take the chance
i of having to get along with one or
' two judges from time to time who
might be approaching senility than it
' would be to throw overboard a large
section of the best members of the
bench."

The Governor's tax recommendation

wcs criticized by Norman McDonald,

of the Mpssachusetts Federation of

Taxpayers Associations. He declared.

"H- seems to want economical reforms

in "the interests of the taxpayers, but

only after he himself is out of the

State House. What the people want

and what they are going to insist upon

is economy right now and relief from

the depressing burden of taxation that

is burdening the life of everybody who

owns property in the state."

The Governor's proposal to levy a
two-cent tax on each package of
cigarets also was opposed. Clarence D.
Hunter, a Boston wholesaler, and
Clarence Marshman, of Springfield,
i head of the state retail tobacco deal-
i ers, announced both organizations
' would hold special meetings within a
week to map plans for blocking any

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TRIBUNE
Lawrence, Mass.

JAN

jyjo

BOSTON CP)— Blunt and sharp
criticism of Gov. James M. Curley's
message to the second session of the
149th Massachusetts Legislature came
today from a state senator and the
speaker o. the House, both Hepubh-

^Bluntly it shouts extravagance jj move t.

and whispers economy," said Speaker 'I

Leverett Saltonstall of the Democrat c
Governor's message, delivered yester-

^"A welter of vague generalities," was
I the comment of State Senator Henry

i Parkman. , .

-The Governor's address sounded
I W eil " Saltonstall said, "but even a
! hurried analysis of his recommenda-
1 tions reveals several inconsistencies.

•■In one statement he accuses the
I Legislature of being underhanded in
' paiing a bill and in another declares
Z U is fortunate the Legislature
acW as it did on the sa m e ^

ENTERPRISE

Leominster, Mass.

JAN x jy;jb

Prison Inmates
Are Dissatisfied

-bTtSgr h^mits - state
cost of government But in this

C ^t L B r e V ly r su n ggests that a study be paro i e board administrat;

spect meI *i> * J?" o[ course to be Governor, said the coramia
made—the findings m

■L

mat'toVe'Te'g'tsWure after

self a candidate lor trie ^

lilies

lt s^oTparkman, referring to that
™^ of Governor Curley's message
pertaining to the housing of menta.

^Tta'aove^r showed some heat
„n the failure to provide additional
facilities for housing mental detec-
twes" * * and would like to have
the public believe his predecessors in
office and the Legislature were re-
sponsible. He forgets that he was pre-
sented at the last session with an
adequate program of building but
preferred to insist on an appropri-
ation for highways and sidewalks."

Charles L. Cabot, secretary of the
Boston Bar association, described the
retirement plan for iudees ns "awful

BOSTON, Jan. 2 cAP)— Inmates of
Massachusetts prisons were described
by Arthur T. Lyman, commissioner
of correction, to Gov. Jiuaes M. Cur-
ley today as "smoldering in resent-
ment at parole board practices." Ly-
man discussed the issue with the
Governor at a conference on the j
public hearing the executive council ;
will hold tomorrow on prison and
Won. The I
ioner, re-
ported that for tome time he de-
cried the failure of the parole board
to discuss paroles with him," adding
that Lyman's department and the
board, should work cooperatively."

GOV. GURLEY SEES
PROSPERITY IN 1936

BOSTON, Dec. 31 (/P)— Optimism
bubbled tonight from Gov. James
IM. Curley's New Year's greeting to
( the people of Massachusetts.

"The year 1936," he said, "gives ,
promise of opening in a more invit-
ing manner than any year that Am-
erica has known for the past six
years. Not only the sunshine of
heaven but the sunshine of pros-
perity appears to penetrate every
portion of our country.

"The task that lies immediately
ahead in the development of an
economic and humanitarian pro-
gram will unquestionable tax the
talent and ingenuity of the Ameri-
can people but, animated by faith
in God, in themselves and in our
common country, we will succeed
in solving our problems.

"We can, without fear, enter In-
to the New Year firm in the belief
that the blessings in store for the
people of America will be more
abundant than has ever previously
been the lot of the American peo-
ple."

INDEPENDENT
Harwich, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

' ClUfley wants a new i
killers ;imT hardened criiniii

uisiiii and vrt he insists on pardoning

als.

sooner

than tin

ter on Friday and they will gel soun-
ds noon as tliis snow molts.

SUN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

CURLEY'SPLANS
^"BITTERLY HIT

BOSTON. Jan. 2 (,P) -Bh.nt an<l
sharp criticism of Governor James
M Curley's message to the second
„ or the H'Jth Massachusetts
Satur -I , 0( iay from a state
SLTand the speaker of the house.

b ^ B fflr r*o«U extrav^c.

and whispers economy said bpc _
Lcverett Saltonstal of the ^ d

cratic governors message,

yesterday. generalities."

••A welter of ^1'- * g natoP

W us the comment of btate

Henry Partanan. . sounded

•■The governor a »«•»■» even a

weU ", 8aU0 ,vei a , oM ' r commenda-
hurried analysis o h »" , Blencleil .

tlons reveals sevci " » e , the

■•In one statement, lie u _
legislature c , being g^ggj da-
passing a bill »» u / at0 the legtala-
clares that it. la to "' bin .

,ov.n»* Urn. J» J» «'. ri ,,„„.

*• le tt™ Tco^dl &ltahed. Now
ffSSTrSke. M raters

^^'P^a.^en^g **£

Srlai? ^ «SSSS Ot -*>

defectives, said: heat

-The Povemor showen ional

on thc failure £ * r n ° v ™ rntn , de-
facilities for ho ™ vnuU1 like to
foctives . • • eUeve his prede-
„ avc the DUbUo MW leglsl »turo
Lessors In oBue an (hat he

Lew reaponafbla. Hew g^^ w

was Pr« Mn ;« d "Vram of buiUta* but
an adequate Prof «" approprla-

preterred to , InaJat on a , ta ..

tion tor b^Xy-s recommendation*
Among turiey ■>

» re: , i„«- ot workman's compen-

I Broadening of ^^ nurse8 to in-

, gallon act_ to . , sicm8 .

I stltutlons to «* I f department of

Reorganization > pr0 vlde tor

lal>or and Indus r« < p nf the d „.

transfer to t« Jurwa dent bPftr d

tle9 of the ludu^Mi y gch t

Raising of OT * t0 16 vear8

attendance .age frp^^^ motor

Li^S&SS^-nonr speed

Lsrrmrc-otautomo.

bile" law violators.

.euucuon m mortgage Interest
Regulation of Installment plan sell-

population. ,. t0 permit cities

V Housing authority top , earanc a
and towns to finance slum d8

and low cost housin n hou8 mg

authority l R *" a ™ e m „ un ltlea.
projects in ^f al ^"employment tn-
BU ^ dn act to 0f mate 11 conform to

^'Slatton to J^Jj-.Se?'
ol law vlo^ors^ Reduction „

Unicameral legia mi sessions,

membership and ^ salary for au-
prSa'uSofand" land court judge.

at To years of age.

JOURNAL
Lewiston, Me.

JAN 2 1936

70 years of a E e _ , d i se8 se rc-

Equlpment for " entB J, ng tor hos-

' search ^ n CfnaUy «ane S Enlarg-

nltal for criminally > hospitals-

Seat of 12 mental • « BeM 1500 cental

"'" UVln noap U lt r a "employees. »*

=%or h ^>-^tale for «
Adoption of •»«« eXrans ,on of
^iff ^'department to admin-
ister »Vo«enaa to practice medl-

division. i„rrea«e size of legal

\uthnrity to ncre r a , s ln banks out-

own cou.ts. fc » a ^\ t basis. Hourly
;-<,;r" ^ly'contPcnsation tor

1 '^rleetown J 1, Jtat ^ ^ ^^

at Concord reserve

art. . .„ etudv placing out ot

' c.Mumisslon to study ^ p isoner s,

state *ards seg.egato . n {Qr

in cCm^ e, ;to j-r^-ss

Continuation ot^ l« l£ llont iBuatloa

»« ,uc0n ' eS ; ,ax on 'gasoline. Do«bl«
0{ three-cent tax on 8 a Uon

present motor tniC a res ,

Tax ot 40 cents on each P g - oJ

of alcohol tocreaae a^ fl . oul

•handle" on d ^'' 1 ' netail sales tax
3M! to 5 per cent W«a aml t0 .

01 tW ° Jl of $5 on slot machines.
.,acco. Fee of »•> "" advcrtis-

?ommmee 0l t: ta amdrmeThod S of r^
dudnTco'of state government.

REPUBLICANS ATTACK
L CDKLEY'S MESSAGE

i House Speaker Saltonstall and
State Senator Parkman
Assail Governor

BOSTON, Jan. 2—^1— Blunt and
; rtiarp criUclatn of Governor Jamos
. \i. Curley. message to the aecond
I M.ton of the H9th Massachusetts

legislature came today from * .
1 SStt. Senator and the speaker of
, hf . n.„i«. both Republicans.

"Bluntly, it «houts extravagance
snd rt'Kpp" economy, a 8 " 1
SpJaket Leverett Saltonatan otth.
DemocraUc Governor'a message.
ri»ii\ rred s esterday.

•A welter of va*UI ^n.rauuea.

^theco ..' Of Bt*ts Senator

Hi nrj Parkman.
■ "Th* Governor'a address sounded

I well ' >" « airt ' b,,t * v * n *

hurried analysis of H,a recom- |
Sendatlons -eveals several mcon-

~^:Z .Utanient he accuse, the

to »Kre of being ^^^"ner
i - hill and in anoinei

"' f* M, "fh«t It l* fortunate the
declaret that .It Is thr

legislature acted a= n

same bill makes several

.. The Governor ma t ^ 8 con8t ruc-

, ' !,, "' 1 .1 rr«.lv of reducing the
' He talks freel • hl

htmeelf a .■ai.d.d. te or th

oratlc nomination foi u.

tor. „i«oant " Baltouatanl

• •it is jimiiitcani. ...afV I

,'/ .. tVlft , the Governors attack
a8 id. that "' ,, aiscutive

„ iake? n o reference to -It

2rS5 t^--^

that part °KJrl lo the housing
message pet tain. nj. iu

^^ne^ve^oWow^io^W

on the failure .0 provide aWttlonaJ
ii-lfVra^w^d^UUe^o^ave

r n e.p°on.Tble an He fo'r^ef, that he was
presented at the last aesal OB *Jtb
« n artenuatc nroeram of bulltimg
b "t pie erred to insist on an ap-
PropHation for highways and side-
walks."

i, \/.\;\"\l:

under the circumstances.'

TELEGRAM
Lawrence, Mass.

I AN " ; 1Q3£
I GOV. CURLEY'S MESSAGE

filled with suggestions Mkn *££» tremble when
and expenditures that will make W« ■•J"™' u there ta a
they finally digest its purport ^ ^e «^^
very subtle suggest oin •jfljJJ^f jJSflSent and to be-
gestlon that our legislate e b od Ml we me

Lmed for ^ tl f^?Sion7it*SUe legislative
BCSu^rSa ^ a small group of easily con-

repeat his « w « ^l^miSatVallv X «»t Its useleseness,
council; neither did he jmptetVJU Jf"*"^ Evidently

SSS &S2S& ££ would not do away

and efforts "on behalf of the £■ te * ™ »* lhere is a contin -

devastating Inefficiencies of <h e lee» atu e

nation of expense suggest ions. Lilt ^Ujn ifl

to the taxpayer. It would Jf^^J^s and commissions,

milted here to even outline 0* «jer ^" ^ a inillJo „

and to mention the "^instruction work ^ >ncl uc. *

dollar addition to the Slate ^Hous ^^f* cannot

about economizing All Wj^mnew salaried nositions-

afford at the present time. PHtej f «P «jyjj ■» . (he

political conveniences— but not one suggestion 01

neonle to this unfortunate condition and seeks to grtM
Ee for H upon the legislature, he did not move a finger to
iinrove ths Tondilion last winter when he had an npnort im-
™ P His Indifference might have been duo to .ft- >«*g*"
by him that his son was attending an educational hwtltetton
that was obiecting to the establishment of a proposed school
for the feeble minded. , r „ .

The governor offers one very interesting bit of furlev-
title information. He says that, for the first time since he
law has been in effect, a reduction in compulsory nutomohde
insurance rates has been effected in his administration, but he
forgot to mention that the reduction resulted from 8 very im-
portant change in the law— the elimination of (he guest cov-
erage. That was shifting the burden from the insurance
companies to the auto owner; a very nice present to the com-
panies.

The governor is to be congratulated in having talked for
two hours and have made a very nice political speech for him-
self, but really offering nothing constructive for the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts. The people would have been far
more pleased if he had made at least one suggestion of how
economies could be affected In the administration 1 of the state
affairs.

• i

ENTERPRISE
Leominster, Mass.

JAN

193b

More Spending

The address by Governor Curley,
delivered to the Legislature, is one
that required a vast amount of time
and work. Its extreme length is al-
most staggering, and a considerable
amount of ground is covered.

The address, however, is disap-
pointing, in that economies in Gov-
ernment, so much needed, are not
pointed out, in fact hardly referred
to. Most of the address deals in rec-
ommendations for spending more
money; spending and spending and
more spending, with $100,000 here,
$1,000,000 there, and large sums in
other places.

Having made these several recom-
mendations, the Governor then looks
here and there for ways and means!
to raise the necessary revenue. Of
course, such expenditures of money )
will require a way of financing such !
projects.

When the $100,000,000 Legislature
Of last year was putting through its
drastic program, it was asserted that J
the gasoline tax would take care of
the $13,000,000 bond issue. The pub-
lic was informed, in Leominster and
elsewhere, that the gasoline tax
was yielding large sums, varying
from $18,000,000 to $25,000,000 a year,
and that it was ample, with in-
creased revenues from gasoline con-
sumption in the years just ahead
taking care of the appropriation.

It was asserted in these columns
and by others who dared to say any-
thing that the gasoline tax simply
could not meet past obligations,
maintain old highways and new
highways to be constructed, and in
addition produce the revenue desired
to meet the colossal bond issue. The
public was informed that the rev-
enue would be ample and that the
gasoline-consuming public would not
"feel it."

When figures were published, the
retort from legislators was that the
figures were erroneous and mislead-
ing, as those who employed them
did not know what they were talking
about.

Now comes the very thing expect-
ed and predicted— the recommenda-
tion for an increase in the gasoline
tax. It is inevitable, so long as
economies are not practiced.

A $100,000,000 Legislature can do
nothing else but pay the fiddler.
The revenue must be raised in some
manner, and it is unfortunate that
the Governor In his opening para-

graphs places the responsibility on
the Legislature, and charges that
jody with providing funds "not only
grudgingly but in such limited
imount as to make impossible the
omplete fulfillment of the pledge
f work and wages." It has seemed
.o many, when the tax bills roll in
that a 100 million dollar Legisla-
ture has not expended money
grudgingly.

Moreover, the program of work
and wages promised a great deal.
Those were campaign promises, not
made by the public, not made by the
taxpayers, not made by public offi-
cials speaking ex cathedra. If cam-
paign promises have not been ful-
filled, and if the one who makes
such promises cannot deliver, and is
unable to fulfill the promises, the
responsibility should not be placed
upon somebody else.

Of course the 10 per cent surtax
the Governor would retain. The pub-
lic was informed last year also by
legislators that this was a trivial
thing, and that the taxpayers would
"not feel it."

They are feeling it, and feeling it
keenly, and it is the avowed inten-
tion apparently that the taxpayers
shall continue to feel it, and feel
even more than they do now.

The Governor proceeds to give
himself due credit for some meas-
ures, for instance mentioning what
he had in mind and recommended,
and then affirms that the Unem-
ployment Compensation law was the
state's contribution to the social wel-
fare of humanity In the history of
the nation. Exponents of the New
Deal, from President Roosevelt down
should very much applaud that
statement, in spite of the more than
GO per cent of the voters, in the
Literary Digest poll, who are regis-
tering their protest to President
Roosevelt's policies.

Some of the names called, and the
epithets employed, when speaking of
the Legislature, show rather deep
feeling. Many will heartily agree
with the sentiments expressed when
they consider some roll-calls and
votes of last year, but might dis-
agree with the Chief Executive as to
what members of the Legislature
most deserve the names and the
epithets.

The increase of taxes; the move
for new taxes; the call for legisla-
tion that would mean further expen-
ditures; coupled with a definite and
drastic move for economies are not
at all welcome news to the ones who
must pay the bills.

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COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN

Governor Curley's idea that there
ought to be «r different law as to
the voluntary retirement of judges,
of the high eourts may be sound.
Certainly there is room for objec-'
tion to the present law, which it is
claimed would enable the governor
and Council to decree the retire-
ment of any justice they happened j
not to like, on grounds of physical |
or mental incapacity. Such a law;
opens the door to rampant abuse,
in case some governor is minded
to abuse the power and knows he
can command the obsequious follow-
ing of a Council of his own mind.
It may be that Governor Curley
wouldn't dream of remodelling the
Supreme Judicial court by resort
to a forcible purge of this kind—
but some governor might. The state
is perhaps more fortunate than it
has realized in having a chief mag-
istrate so little inclined to play
partisan politics and so given to
treat public appointments as a mat-
ter for calmly dispassionate action

Lawrence, Mass.

IAN

MISGIVINGS OVER I
CURLEY PROGRAM

Would Boost Truck License
Fees, Gas Tax and Share

of State from Racing

•

By ALLEN MARTIN
United Press Staff Correspondent
BOSTON', Jan. 2 (UP)— Massachu-
setts newspapers, mostly Republican
expressed misgivings editorially today
over the increased tax program out-
lined by Governor Curley in his an-
nual message to the legislature.

The Democratic chief executive in
his 12,000-word message yesterday
recommended continuance of the 10
per cent surtax on incomes, doubling
of truck licensing fees, a 40-eent-a-
gallon tax on alcohol, an increase
from 3 1-2 to 6 per cert ba the Mate's
.-h;crc o£ dog-racing receipts, s tax
of two cents on each package of
cigarettes and a corresponding levy
upon other tobacco products.

He also advocated continuance for
five yeare of the three-cent-a-gallon I
tax on gasoline, and a $5 annual fee
on slot machines.

ENTERPRISE

Leominster, Mass.

JAN 2 1935

STATE BOUSE /
NEWS ]N BRIEF

Movement Started to Es-
tablish Flat Rate
Insurance.

BOSTON, Jan. 2— A movement la
on foot to ask the present legisla-
ture to establish a flat rate for auto-
mobile insurance. A measure to that
effect was filed with the House clerk
yesterday by Rep. Timothy J. Mur-
l phy of Dorchester, who hails from a
high-rate district.

Sen. Charles McAree of Haverhill
has joined in the protest against the
increase from $3.25 to $9.75 in the
cost of guest insurance, and yester-
day called on Insurance Commis-
sionrr Francis J. DeCelles to aid the
legislature in formulating a "way
out" of the new increase and says:
"We cannct sit idly by and allow our
district to be discriminated against
so flagrantly." Sen McAree also
seeks legislation to make the milk
control board, established as an
emergency body, a permanent insti-
tution.

G qv. Curle y, in a letter to State
Commissioner of Correction Arthur
T. Lyman yesterday, advocated a
mental examination of all prisoners
in correctional institutions. He said
the examination would be made so
that insane prisoners could be
housed in proper state institutions.

Rep. F. E. Pierce of Greenfield
yesterday filed a bill calling for the
appointment of two associate com-
missioners in the department of tax-
ations and corporations to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, one for two
years and one for three. The con-
currence of at least a majority of
, the commissioners would be neces-
jsary in every official act of the de-
' partment.

The city of Boston was author-
ized by the State Emergency Finance
Corporation to borrow $3,000,000
against tax titles, the proceeds of
which will be used to pay off rev-
enue loans for 1935. Authority was
also granted to the town of Harwich
to borrow $143,000 for a new water
system, and the city of Haverhill to
borrow $100 500 for the construction
of three bridges.

Rep. John Philip of Boston filed a
bill yesterday that would permit of
reinstatement of Boston prlice who
struck in 1919, and Rep. Frank M
Leonard! of Boston seeks to reduce
£ n C "^ r f cst charges on small loans
from 3 to v, percent In another

Rep E mer C. Nelson, of Milford.
has filed a bill which, if enacted
into law, would prevent gas and
electric companies from collecting
penalty charges in excess of five per
cent of the amount of the bill from
customers who fail to pay on time.

Gov. Curley announced yesterday
I that he will be in Washington in

time for the Jackson day dinner
I and added that the trip will give

him an opportunity to again press
| for Federal money for the Connecti-
I cut and Blackstone river projects.

ENTERPRISE

Leominster, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Small Crowd Present f
To Hear Gov. Curley
Address Legislature

Senator and Mrs. E. H. Nutting
attended the annuil inauguration
exercises at the Stats House yester-
day. It was the 18th time that he
has listened to the annual address
of the chief executive to the Legis-
lature of the state, and he said it
was the smallest crowd he had ever
seen at such occasions and estimat-
ed that there were about 1.000 pres-
ent, whereas last ysar there were
upwards of 10,000, with loud speak-
ers in the auditorium and corridors,
but this year there were no need of
them.

Senator Nutting is now serving
his 18th year in the Legislature, 12
as Representative and is now be-
ginning his sixth a-s Senator. He
has the distinction of being the
oldest man in the Senate. He served
his first term under Former Gov.
David I. Walsh and every Governor
since then.

He said he never saw Boston when
it was so apparently deserted as
yesterday. He made the trip in hi.s
automobile and put it in a garage
when he ai rived, but wh en he

j reached the State House he .said
there were 100 places where he
might have parked his car, while

on other occasions he said he al-
ways found ;Wi parking spaces filled
by the time he reached there.

ITEM
Lynn, Mass.

JAN 9

SHARP CRITICISM I

BY REPUBLICANS

Speaker Saltonstall Says "It

Shouts Extravagance and

Whispers Economy"

BOSTON, Jan. 2, IS98.— (&)—■
Blun' arid sharp criticism of Gover-
nor .Tames M. Curley 1 ! message to
•he second iesaion of the 149th
Ma - , ■ .' legislature came •

froni a state senator and the speaker
of the house, both Republican*,

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance,
w)i, ■ tmomy," s a:ri Speaker

Leverett Saltonstall ol the Deraoci i
govt nor'a message, delivered v*

. rim.

'■A welter of vague generalities,"
wa i itnment ol state Senator
Henry Parkman.

'The governor's address sou
well," Saltonstall said "but even a
hurried, analysis "! hi* recommi
non.s reveals sacral Inconsisten

'in one eta|r*nf* n< ll€: accuses the
legislature ■ big underhanded In

passiii; a niii and m another de*
clai 'm.' it is fortunate the lei?is-
Uture acted a* it did on the .same
bill.

"The governor makes several
recommendations for the construction
of public buildings, but omit*- to state
how the money is to be raised.

Reducing Costs.

"He talks rreely of reducing the

■ •: of government, Hm ha this rc-
■ ; - . . itudj

■ n" made -the finding ol i oun ■

is made to ti»p la,,i<lalun after the
.••'■ < i noi . '< i m

i lum-
: a candidate for the Den

■ iiou . i'. s 3enal

"that the governor's attack has
the executive i ouncll bo
'■he li i , i ■.,..,■ ,., wanted

' ■ ' itlvi ibolished. Nov

be controls It, he makes no reference
to it whatever."
"The a. tvemot showed some
• the failure to prm d< idditional
f aci: ■ i h i.i ing mental da-

tives .. , and would like to have
the public believe his predecessors m
ofllce and the legnia are were re-
sponsible He foists that, lie
presented at i . .

•gram ol building but
ferred to insist on an appropria-
tion for highways and sidewalks."

EAGLE

Lawrence, Mass.

mi., i .

IAS.

!93fi

Will Gov. Curley of Massachusetts
"Decide" to "Carry" State for F.D.R.

Enigmatic Figure

Has a Faculty

for Winning

B.v BRAD ANGIBB

Central Press Correspondent

BOSTON.-What part will Gov
James Michael Curley of Massachu-
setts play in the Democratic
presidential campaign of 193B? Thai
may mean a great deal to President
Roosevelt, for the Bay State is
needed by the president

Governor Curley himself has eyes
on the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1940. He plans to run
for U. S. senator in 1936. (It is as-
sumed that Senator Marcus A.
Coolidge, Democrat, will not run
again).

A few years ago, his third four-
year term as mayor of Boston com-
ing to a close, Jim Curley's political
baloon seemed crashing earthward
11ns man, who might have been
mayor of the Hub for the past 2fj
consecutive years if it were nit
for a statute that prevents a mayor
from succeeding himself, failed' in
his attempts to obtain a more Im-
portant post than delegate to the
Democratic national convention of

An Opportunist

Opportunist Four years previous-
ly he had supported Al Smith's can-
didacy for the presidency. Now he
abruptly switched to Franklin D
Roosevelt, and at a time whan
Massachusetts was steadfastly
wearing brown derbies and whistl-
ing "The Sidewalks of New York-
Men whose names were scarcely
known outside their own neighbor-
hoods were elected over Curlev to
represent the state at Ihe Demo-
eratic national convention

But with the same stubborn con-
hdencc in his judgment that has al-
ways characterized him, Curley
Wi nt to the «onvention on his own
Hi' maneuvered so as to become an
Official delegate from Puerto Rico
an island he smilingly admitted he
knew only from tourist literature
in this capacity he >t only threw
his vote into the increasing Roose
velt landslide, but he made a
speech in behalf of the former New
i'ork governor that was generally
acclaimed the linest bit of oratorv
o£ the entire coalition.

Curley's worst enemy, and he had
thousands of them, will not deny
that he is a good orator.

Unpopular With Home Bosses
Even after Curley's almost
.single-handed stand for Roosevelt
m this slate had been vindicated
in Chicago and the Democratic big-
wigs here had fallen into line, Cur-
ley remained so unpopular with
party leaders in this section that
1-arley sent him clear across th"

Gov. James

into California to

cam

count rj

paign.

Roosevelt was swept Into office bl
a record majority. Curley, commut-
ing between Boston and Washing-
ton, was offered a numoer ot polit-
ical appointments, including at
least one European ambassadorship.
His third four-year term as mayor
of Boston was coming to a close.
The law stated that he could not
succeed himself. Would he take
the opportunity to make a graceful
exit from the Bay Staje?

Opportunits! Curley, said by as-
sociates to be disappointed because
the position of ambassador to Italy
was not given to him, after many
newspapers had compared his profile

9&'V, °* Ma$»achu««tt,

Walsh, nominated a Ticket notable

by its deficiency in Curley men.
Was Curley finished? He tripled
his already strenuous efforts, put
the names of himself and his per-
sonally selected ticket on the bal-

}5L~£.**l£'*$ a bit of political stia-
tcgem by having a man whom he

later appointed registrar of motor
vehicles further split the guberna-
torial race, and not only won the
nomination in the primaries, but
was overwhelmingly elected.

Massachusetts' supporters have
been hopeful that Vice-Preident
John Nance Garner would "not
hoose" to run again. They have
had Curley "picked' to get the

.f» B pa,ieis una compared his proiild "ao curley "picked' to get the
to none other than Julius Caesar's, Democratic vice-presidential nom-
stayed home and ran for governor, 'nation, in that event

Licks Opponents But Curley himself make* ™

-H 1 . . D . cmoc £alic state convention move in the open unless he L ce,
^"^^y^cnatorDavid lt»(n he can " K et away" wn h lt "*

TIMES-MINUTE-MAN
Lexington, Mass.

JAN 2 193b

State House Notes and News

by Arthur W. Woodman
Minute-man Staff Correspondent

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 1
—Heralding a new era of "social jus-
tice," Governor James M. Curley to-
day laid before the Massachusetts
legislature a broad plan for "social
security," overshadowed by a detailed
program of state building at institu-
tions and a fiscal policy containing
multitudinous unpopular tax propos-
als.

Reforms in structure by adoption of j
a unicameral legislature, reduction of 1
membership and adoption of biennial,
session is urged by the Chief Execu-j
tive in his annual message to the Gen- 1
eral Court before large throngs in the
| House of Representatives.

Slightly touching on a definite pro-'
gram of "social security" for which
he has definitely declared himself, the
Governor reviewed his success and
failure of the past year, hailing his
victories as the foundation of a social
security platform. Explaining the
failure of the "work and w»««w" pro-
gram, now a much mourned slogan,
the Governor asserted the responsi-
bility rests with the legislature "which
provided funds not only grudgingly
but in such limited amount as to make
impossible the complete fulfillment of
the pledge of work and wages.

An amazing feature of the New
Year's Day address is the taxation
financial program drafted by the Gov-
ernor.

Features outlined include a continu-
ation of the 10 per cent surtax, adopt-;
ed last year, continuation for five'
years of the additional gasoline tax,
doubled license fee for trucks on the
highway, additional taxes on dog
racing, with horses remaining free
from a tax increase, transfer of alco-
holic taxes from the special old age
assistance fund to the general fund, a
40 cents a gallon tax on each proof
gallon of alcohol, a two cent cigarette
tax and a five dollar license fee for
slot machines.

To the end that the state tax bo
dismissed, these new forms of taxa-
tion are recommended.

Judicial reforms are urged on the
legislature, which, if adopted would
clear the Supreme Judicial Court of
the elder jurists. The judges, accord-
ing to the Governor "because < . r ago,
can no longer meet completely the re-
quirements of the office". Under the
pension plan devised by the Governor
to retire jurists at full pay when !]„■■>
reach the age of 70, his claim is that
the "Commonwealth would be assured
-of a full quota of judges intellectually
I ln . «■ P pime of ,if e, without the need
r drastic action against men who

nave given long and honorable service
and whose only fault is the natural
one of failing to recognize the grad-
ual waning of their powers.

In accord with recent trends, Gov-
ernor Curley announced himself
wholeheartedly in favor of a vast
spending program designed to pro-
duce a building program at State In-
stitutions without listing contemplat-
ed expenditures and devoid of guber-
natorial recommendation for finan-
cing the projects.

Throughout the entire message ap-
peared eulogies of his administration
in 1935 and the benefits produced un-
der his guidance. His condemnation
of the legislature which blocked his
proposals was carried through in his
1036 New Year's Greeting as he re-
quested additional funds to complete
the unfinished program proposed a
year ago.

Additional buildings, equipment for
newly erected hospitals, finances for
additional personnel, housing for add-
ed workers and new buildings to re-
lieve overcrowding are asked without
provision for the appropriation of
funds to carry through the program.

In line with the federal government
housing act, slum clearance and low
cost housing developments are a vital
part of the "social security" program
which was today laid before the legis-
lature for consideration.

Contrary to his opening word* to
the General Court wherein he nailed
the new year as the "end of the de-
pression", asserting that "The year
1936 should prove memorable in the
annals of our country marking as il
will the end of the greatest depression
ever visited upon the American peo-
ple", the Governor hailed a new pro-
gram of social welfare overburdened
with reminders of the "scriptural
admonition T am my brother's keep-
er' ".

Throughout his discission of legis-
lative reforms is noted a definite
I rend of the new democracy to cent-
ralize governmental authority.

Economy in operating government
IS hailed as the cause for a reduction
in the number of legislators, abolition
w a legislative branch and creation of
biennial sessions.

Removal of the stumbling block of
"umbers, with the control of law mak-
ing in the hands of a selected few
further removed from the voting pub'
UC, is contrary to the intent of the
framers of constitution of the Com-
monwealth, carried further with later
amendments, providing for large
delegations to be selected by the

voters as spokesmen, ciurmg a lime
when population was not as great as
today.

Control of governmental authority,
and absorption of local governmental
functions, admittedly passes from the
hands of the electorate into the auto-
cratic domination of a distant minori-
ty, with the limiting of governmental
bodies.

In keeping with the desires of the
Massachusetts Federation of Labor,
the Governor has urged upon the
General Court an increase in the com-
pulsory school age from 14 to 16, the
main purpose given, to stimulate em-
ployment for the adult unemployed.

In whipping the legislature public-
ly, Governor Curley today left the
House chamber, with a perplexed
legislature wondering just how it may
justify the enormous expenditures
urged by the Governor while their
1935 financial escapade still leaves a
disagreeable birthmark on their po-
litical faces.

TRIBUNE
Lawrence, Mass.

JAN z m b

CURLEY PLANS RELIEF
i UN REAL ESTATE TAXES

Chief Executive Outlines New Tax Program

and Stresses Need of Economy

in Government

STATE HOUSE, Boston, Jan.
l_Wlth elimination of the
State Tax as a means of dir-
ectly relieving: the burden on
real estate and the need for
economy in government as the
keynote of his message, Gover-
nor James M. Curley address-
ing a joint convention of the
Senate and House of Represen-
tatives, in the first meeting of
the 1936 legislative session,
outlined a new tax program
and proposed a study which
would put the Commonwealth's
budget system on a real debit
and credit standard.

To raise sufficient new revenue
to make it possible to wipe out the
present $10,000,000 state tax now
assessed on the cities and towns of
the Commonwealth, Governor Cur-
ley recommended the following new
tax plan:

1. Continuation of the 10 per cent
surtax on individuals, estates and
corporations.

Favors Bigger Gas Tax

2. A n increase in the three cent
per gallon tax on gasoline for a
rive year period.

3. Doubling of the fee assessed
on motor trucks operating in the
States.

4. Transfer to the General Fund
of receipts from the tax on intoxi-
cating beverages not used for old
age assistance.

5. Forty cents per gallon tax on
each proof gallon of alcohol.

6. Two cent per package tax on
cigarettes and corresponding tax
on tobacco products.

7. Five dollar tax on slot mach
ines.

8- Increase of from three and 3
half to five per cent in the State's
share of the handle at dog racing
tracks.

Suggests Economy Study

To bring about economy in state
government tjie governor recom-
mends the appointment of a com-
mittee consisting of six legislators
and 10 persons representing the
real estate and business interests
of the Commonwealth. Another
study which the governor stressed
as essential is that of the appoint-
ment of a commission of recognized
authorities on taxation, including
members of the Legislature, en-
forced with ample funds to employ
every possible expert assistance, to

revise the tax system of the Com-
monwealth.

Governor Curley opened his ad-
dress with the unqualified predic-
tion that the new year will mark
"the end of the greatest depression
ever visited upon the American
people." He devoted a great deal
of time discussing social security
legislation and promised that the!
operation of the program for social
justice would represent the dawn
of a new day and a new era in the
life of the nation. The chief execu-
tive warned the legislators that the
acceptance of the plan "may be
jeopardized by other plans, which,
while representing good intentions
and a desire to solve a tremendous
problem, may destroy the real ob-
jective sought, namely, the welfare
of the entire people."

"Work and Wages"

As to "work and wages," Gover-
nor Curley had the following to
say: "With the funds that have
been available through legislative
action in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, employment has
been furnished, and men and
women have been transferred from
welfare rolls to payrolls, but it is
accepted by every forward looking
Intelligent individual that both the
federal and state governments have
their limitations and that in the
last analysis it is in private industry
that we must look for the ultimate
transfer of the unemployed to em-
ployment."

One of the governor's first recom-
mendations for new legislation was
the proposal for an expansion of
the Workmen's Compensation Act
to provide coverage for nurses em-
ployed in institutions. "The work
of these men and women is equally
as hazardous as persons in the law
enforcing or fire protection branch-
es of the public service, since they
are constantly exposed to the dan-
ger of disease and death, and in
my opinion, are entitled to protec-
tion," the governor declared.
Labor Recommendations.

Stressing the need for reorgani-
zation of the state department of
labor and industries as essential If
the interests of employer, employe
and taxpayer alike are to be served,
the chief executive renewed his
recommendation for legislation to
permit the department of labor to

take over the duties of the State
Industrial Accident Board. Still j
another labor recommendation'
made by the chief executive was
the renewal of his proposal of
raising the compulsory school age
from 14 to 16 years.

"For the first time since the law
has been in effect a definite halt
has been made in the steadily in-
creasing cost of placing a car on
the road." the governor said in
discussing the compulsory automo-
bile insurance statute. "A .definite
; forward step has been taken In
this matter in the elimination of
i the guest from compulsory insur-
jance. He added that the costs can
only he lowered by reducing the
'number of claims and maintained
this result could be accomplished
by increasing the personnel of the
registry of motor vehicles. Unless
such provision is made, he assert-
ed. "I can see nn alternative other
than a repeal of the compulsory in- 1
surance law." He therefore renews
his recommendation for more motor
vehicle inspectors declaring there
is need for immediate and drastic
action. "Racketeering upon spuri-
ous claims by venal attorneys in
collusion with doctors and profes-
sional claimants must be stopped."
be warned. "A great industry which
is threatened with destruction
through criminal exploitation must
I be conserved." He also suggested
! consideration of whether law vio-
lators should be required to install
governors on their cars limiting
operation to 30 miles per hour as
a condition of continued license.

The reduction in mortgage inter-
est rate from 6 to 5 1-2 per cent
has lightened the burden on home
owners but the chief executive ex-
pressed the opinion that in the
view of the plenitude of monev a
rurther reduction might well be
made.

Support is given by the governor,
:n another recommendation, to the
report of the special recess com-
mission which studied the subject
of consumer credit. The commis-
sion favored the enactment of a
uniform instalment sales law.

Still another recommendation
i which the governor renewed in his
1 second message to the Legislature
is that steps be taken to promote
economic education not only in the
secondary schools, hut among the
adult population. He maintained
that it would be advisable to ap-
point a commission to study the
subject.

He favored expansion of the so-
end that cities and towns be au-
called housing authority act to the
thorized to raise and appropriate
money and to pay it over to the
housing authorities to assist in the
prosecution of slum clearance and
low cost housing projects.
Lauds Job Insurance

"The unemployment insurance
net. the governor informed the
legislators, "should ultimately prove
a panacea for industrial depressions
through maintaining within the
ranks of the consumers the unem-
ployed men and women of the na-
tion as well as the aged, who, with-
out legislation of this character

sarv'no? 1'^ the fU " ds nec ^
of 7hMr < I for the mai "tenanee
»hii • fan V 1,cs ' but w °u"«" be un-
able to aid private industry,

through the absence of purchasing
power."

To insure the public safety, the
governor recommended that imme-
diate legislative steps be taken, in
accordance with recent federal leg-
islation, to allow law enforcing
jfficials of one state to pursue law
•nolators into another state. "Th •
advantages enjoyed by organized
crime through speedy motor ve- j
hides, the radio, able attorneys ant 1 .
itbw agencies cannot be success- j
fully combatted until such time as
a portion of the fetters with which
legal restrictions bind law enforcing
agencies have been removed, the
governor declared in making this
lecommendation.

Urges Smaller Legislature
As another means of reducing the
cost of state government the chid
i executive recommended adoption
of a constitutional amendment to
"make the unicameral legislature
possible, a reduction in member-
ship and biennial sessions." "There
Is no need of two chambers today,"
the governor declared.

With a view to relieving the anx-
ieties of ageing judges and to im-
prove the judicial service of the
Commonwealth, the governor rec-
ommended legislation permitting
a judge of any of the three courts
of state-wide jurisdiction, upon
reaching th" '••. to re-

tire voluntarily at full salary. Such
a provision is now in force with
iespect to federal justices, the chief
executive reminded the law mak-
ers.

The legislature was bitterly de-
nounced by the governor for its
failure to provide the necessary
funds to construct a new hospital
for the criminally insane. 'The
duplicity practiced in 1935 through
the authorization for establishment
of a hospital for the criminally in-
sane at a cost of $1,750,000 without
making provision for the money
savors of a low order of knavery
without precedent in the history
o£ the Commonwealth," the gov-
ernor declared. He recommended
that the institution be constructed
at Norfolk and be supervised by
the mental diseases department.
Aid for Mentally 111
"The institutions for the mental-
ly ill should be enlarged to accom-
odate 2,000 patients each as speed-
ily as possible," the governor as-
serted. "This would mean the en-
largment of 12 state institutions,
providing for a total of 24,000 men-
tal patients." He also favored tha
construction of a new state school
for feeble minded children. Refer-
ring to the delay in the necessary
mental diseases building program
the governor stated that "attempts
to gloss over this situation upon
the plea of overburdening the tax-
payer should no longer be tol-
erated, and we should meet a con-
dition and a situation, the further
disregarding of which should stamp
the lawmaking bodies of Massachu-
setts as both unworthy and unfit."
Indicating that the special state
commission on sliding scales is
preparing a plan which It believes
will materially reduce the gas and
electric rates throughout the Stat*
Governor Curley sponsored the en-
actment of a so-called contract
law by which the public utilities
department by agreement with thu
companies, or otherwise, could fix
a fair rate of return, a fair rate

base and the basis of participation
by the public and companies in
excess earnings of public utilities-
engaged in the distribution of gas
and electricity.

Would Weed Out Quacks
Because of the recent report
that there are more than 1,000 per-
sons who are not qualified in either
medicine or surgery conducting
business in Massachusetts as phy-
sicians or surgeons, the governor
asked the General Court to pass a
statute to require such professional
men to pass a test and pay an an-
nual registration fee before being
allowed to practice in Massachu-
setts. Other health measures rec-
ommended by the governor were
the abandonmer' o/ the Rutland

State Hospital and the construction
of a new institution there and pro-
vide additional accommodations for
employes at the Pondville Cancer
hospital.

As another part of his public
building program the Common-
wealth's chief executive called up-
on the Legislature to appropriate
§1,000.000 for the construction of an
addition to the State Capitol. He
reminded the law makers that the
state is paying $80,000 annually to
house offices of state functions.

With the creation of the State
Planning Board the need for the
Metropolitan Planning Division
ceases to exist, the governor de-
clared, favormg abolition of the di-
vision. There is no valid reason for
the continuance of the division.
District Court Changes
Numerous changes in the dis-
trict court system were outlined to
the senators and representatives
by the governor. They include:
Prohibit practice by the district
court justices in civil cases in their
own courts; establishment of dis-
trict courts on a circuit basis; give
presiding justices the option of sit-
ting full time with adequate com-
pensation and appointments of pre-
siding justices should be made on
that basis in the future; remuner-
ation of special justices on an
hourly basis.

Referring to the Commonwealth's
penal institutions, the governor re-
newed his recommendation for the
abandonment of the State Prison
at Charlestown and the housing of
felons at Norfolk. He also sug-
gested the appointment of a com-
mittee, to study the placing of state
wards, the segregation of prisoners,
establishment of an Institution for
the care and treatment of persons
afflicted with social diseases and
radical changes in the parole $y<-
tem of the State.

"I believe the time has come to
make a thorough study of the tax
problem and the expenditure prob-
lem of our state and local govern-
ments, and to prepare a compre-
hensive tax and expenditure pro-
gram," the governor declared In
stressing the point that insufficient
attention has been given the sub-
ject.

"I recommend that legislation be
passed having for its objective the
securing of revenue sufficient In
amount to obviate the necessity of
laying any 'State Tax' upon the
cities and towns, as a means of re-
lieving real estate of the inequitable
burden that it is now required to
bear."

Would Believe Home Owner

He said the 10 per cent surtax
"will tend to eliminate the state
tax and thus help to reduce the
burden on the home owner." The
increase in the gasoline tax would
be in accordance with the recog-
nized policy of broadening the tax
base, he declared. Doubling of the
motor truck fees would, the gover-
nor asserted, provide revenue
where sorely needed and without
hardship. Taxation of proof alcohol
would remove this products unfair
competitive advantage over those
engaged in the alcoholic beverages
business, the governor stated.

The proposed increase state
share on dog racing would work
no hardship to the operators and
would prove beneficial to the Com-
monwealth through increasing the
revenue approximately $250,000,
the chief executive reminded the
legislators. His suggested tax on
tobacco, the governor maintained,
would not fall heavily on any in-
dividual, while the tax on slot ma-
chines would aid the smaller mer-
chants of the Commonwealth.

Governor Curley renewed his re-
commendations for the appropria-
tion ol $100,000 to advertise the
recreational advantages of the
State and a like amount for the
conservation of bird and fish life.
He asked that steps be taken to
erect a war memorial and suggest-
ed the appointment of a commit-
tee to represent the state at the
Harvard College Tercentenary ex-
ercises.

In conclusion the governor dec-
lared that his tax program repre-
sents only a portion of what is pos-
sible, provided the question of ways
and means ot economizing, and at
the same time more efficient con-
ducting of the departments of the
state, is answered. He closed with
the recommendation for the ap-
pointment of a committee to study
i economy in government.

^^M

•

ITEM
Lynn, Mass.

JAN 2 Wb

CURLEY URGES

ECONOMY AND
SOME NEW TAXES

Would Eliminate State Tax on

Cities and Towns to Lift

Realty Load

INCREASE'S" TAX

More Tax on Alcohol, and Two

Cents a Package on

Cigarets

— me consumers the unemployed

"E2S , greM dMl of Si. discussing ' ,,. 1 \„ l . l Uuld hr unable to ad
V0 ?\ «v legation .art pr«w- ■ » ■• ■ indU stry, through the * ;
M, « that he operation or the P™" f„ ,* „. |U rig powel '

1 rn- . nM iusti< ' •'' I ' r " ir " with a view to relieving the -anxie

aAi«— .^ssa ? tt h e r^gT&a

nf 7fl to retire voluntattlj at i"
" ' s ,. ,,:oii i- now ID

liSrWct to federal Jus-
ecuUW reminded

dous problem, ma% oe >*■

agn t namely, the *ei
(are of the entire people.

in to Mv»U Industry-

, .r^ waaes" Governor
.,, to ' work and >
Cu^i the foilo, JWJ

Refunds that rave beenjnade^

■ makers.
The • ■ ■ ;■':, ,1,,.

nounC ed bj th« governor foi its »u
Ide the n««»sary funds W
1 hospital for the

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able thiougn e» . r . m - for th€ , menl of ■

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the ourden on real .•*«* m tM meudatton toi

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sara s.** - - sar £ sara a. -,,s

■r - ms»" 1 ?snsrKBf»^sSirs»s

each prool EflUnl ' na Uage tax od collusion with «*™ br stopped; m ,. lV1 i eases * their o wn ™ a

i^cas .... - - -I asaw s -as s«rr^ SPss

chinev r{ t ; om three and A served" * «£» ^I'Sr. should menW ot pretMtog J«"« thr fu .

tr&clM

, u to five per cem.. « — lntr rrd to m»»u,»- M ^^ renumereion o. *—

HA th. ^dl. et ^| ,^ -SSffiT-l con- «jgr*-irtr haf

on in mor>«"»' nt has netred h« r! ' ( ' omm n , prison a'
pernor rtressed jM f^ C omnusslon T.on might »

hr an.polntment .11 * < <■ '• < -

placing of 8tate-'*rds. the
segregation of prisoners e^a

n.oiit of an institution f

segregation of prisoners, ew™""

ment of an institution for thi
,'ri" authorities on --■;;r^ i UBemp !S^^J,t*insurarice act," and treatment of persons affile^;

tnciudlngnin^^;--^ ;i7h eu

enforced jnwi a

6toW

monwealth.

and. par \
prove a I changes in the parole systfin of the

" lorS ' . tt for industrial depressions state
^^^.^, a 'n,n g vutlim.he:a.^

.^'Vrn^y M 7 1 ^;r l mnumed''.'hc-leg.sla al ^,h soctai
revise the tax ..

a iair

"I heiievp thp time has rome to
make a thorough study o( th* tax
problem and the expenditure prob-
lem of our State and local govern-
Dipnr. and to preoare r roinprPhriiiT»
tax «n<J expenditure program." the
governor declared in stressing thp
point that Insufficient attention has
been given the subject.

"I recommend thai legislation pc
passed having for its Objective the
securing of revenue sufficient in
amount to obviate thp r.e< e<'
laying any 'State Tax' upon the cities
and towns, as a means of relieving
real estate of the Inequitable burden
that it is now required to bear"

He said the 10 per cent surtax "will
i tend to eliminate the State tax and
thus help to reduce thp burden on
the home owner." The Increase In
the gasoline tax would be m accord-
ance with the recognized policy of
broadening the tax base, he rirclared
Doubling of the motor truck fees
would, the governor asserted, pro-
Vide revenue where sorely needd and
It hardship Taxation of proof
alcohol would remove this product I
unfair competitive advantage over
those engaged in ths alcoholic bev-
erage business, the governor stated.

The proposed bate share

on dog racing would work no hard-
ship to the operators and would
prove beneficial to the Common-
wealth through lni the reve-
nue approximately 1250,000, 'he chief
executive reminded the legislators.
His suggested tax on tobacco the gov-
ernor maintained would not fail
heavily on any individual while the
tax on slol machines would aid the
smaller merchants of the Common-
wealth.

Governor Curley renewed nil rec-
ommendations for th - appropriation
of $100. ooo to advert se the recrea-
tional advantages of the State and a
like amount tor the conservation of
bird and fish life. He asked that
steps be take:- - erect s war memo-
rial and suggested the appointment
of a com nut tee to represent the State
at the Harvard College Terc-ntenary
exercises

In conclusion the governor declared
tha' his lax program represents only
a portion oi > it possible, pro-
vided the question of ways and means
of economizing, and a* th' =, m p time
more efflrieiv ictin| of the de-

partments of the Pta<e, is msv red
He closed with 'he recorrrmandai
for the appointmenl of a committee
■o study economy m government

Recommendations
Of Gov. Curley in
Annual Message

Broadening of workman's compen-
sation act to Include nurses in insti-
tutions In ttt provisions

Reorganise io i of d, pur men t of

an ri industries U. provide foi

transfer to Its lurlsdtctiJon of the

duties of the Industrial accident

board

Raising ol the compulsory school
dance age from u to 16 years
Appointment ol additional motor
I vehicle registry Inspi -

Installation of 30-mifc-pei our
speed governors on motor cars of
automobile law vlolai
Reduction in mortgage Interest
l
Regulation of Installment plan sell-
ing.

Promotion of economic education
in secondary schools and among
adull population.

Housing authority lo permit
and towns to finance slum clearance
and low cost housing projects. Slate
authority to finance low-cost nous-
Ins, prelects State authority to B-
low-cost housing projects in
local communities.
Amendment of unemployment In-
rate or return, a rair rate l

surance act to make it conform to
federal act.

Legislation to permit the pursuit
of law violators into other states.

Unicameral legislature, reduction
membership and biennial sessions.

Retirement at full salary for su-
preme, superior' and land court judges
al 70 years of age.

Equipment for menial dia use re-
. ih building. Financing for hos-
pital for criminally insane. Enlarge-
ment of 12 mental disease hospital-
New living quarters for 1500 men'al
disease »pltaJ employes. New

jc iooI for fecble-mmded

Adoption of sliding scale lor gas
and electricity rates and expansion
of public utilities department to ad-
minister this plan.

Criminal offense to practice medi-
cine without state license.
Modern tuberculosis hospital at
Rutland.

1 (HM.ooo addition to State House.

Abolition of metropolitan planning
division.

Authority to Increase sice of legal
deposits of public funds in banks out-
■lde the commonwealth.

Prohibit practice or law by dis-

iurt iudge. In civil rases in

their own courts B tabli bment ol

district courts on circuit basis Hotir-

tead of daily compensation for

special justice)

Abandonment oi state prison at
iwn, v.th state reformatory
■ Concord reserved for first offend-
ers

Commission to study placing out

of state wards, segregation of pn--

eatabliahment of Institution for

treatment of social diseases and
n parole system.
Ci mmis ion to study taxation.

iirua ion of in per cent surtax
i.c.s Five-vcar continuation

■ cent tax on gasoline, Double
present motoi truck registration fee<
if 40 rents on each proof gallon
licohol Increase si a -e N share of
01 tog racing wagers from
ji to B per cent Retail salei tax
on cigarettes and to-
■■ ■ -. . ■ ot machines

sfer existing balances in mili-
ce fund, es-
cheated estates fund atvi unclaimed

lends fund to general fin d

sinonnn appropriation for advertis-
ing : rational facllit I

io repie ent i .rnmon-

wealtti at Harvard tercentenary
tlon of state war memorial

Con oiiiee to study methods of
reducing cost of stat* governmefrt

TELEGRAM-NEW r S
Lynn, Mass.

J/W

IQ9.

BITTER BATTLE OVER
HIGH TAX PROGRAM
LOOMS

- arets.

SALTONSTALL .
WILL OPPOSE
ClIRLEYPLANS

Leads G. O. P. Force*

Against Onslaught

on Judges

NEW LEVIES SOUGHT

Cigarets, Dog Racing,

Trucks, Gasoline y

Incomes Hit h

BOSTON, Jan. 2. — Senate
and House convened today
and adjourned Immediate!?
until Monday at a P. M.

BOSTON, Jan. 2— Legis-
lative wheels on Beacon
Hill began to grind today as
the second session of the
149th general court settled
down to business with a
tremendous increase in tax-
ation to meet government
costs the focal point.

The anticipated short ses-
sion, according to caplto] ob-
servers, will be marked by
a battle for political advan-
tage between tiie administra-
tion forces <>r i.m. Curjey
and those of SpeiiT.Vr or the
House Ijeverctt Sallonstall,
candidate for the Kepiiblioaa
gubernatorial nomination.
The governor In his annual
message - made 50 recommenda-
tions, as'j,,'s tax levies on c'g-

arets, fob !eco products, s<ot ma-
chines, alcohol, more on dog rac-
ing motor trucks, continuation
of the three-cent gasoline tax
and the 10 percent extra on in-
comes taxes and abolishment of
one house of the legislature and
of the $10,r>00,000 state tax, now
a burden on real estate.

Speaker Saltonstall urged only
such new laws as will accelerate
and not retard the confidence
that better times are ahead.

"Tears of Democratic m'sruls."

he said, "have burn^l Into ths

htarts and minds Oi thi voters

that their Jobs, their bu <lnecs«a

and their home are safest und*r a

republican adminlstrattfl)T r ' jik

ilossachusetts." ..

mo recommenaauon or the

governor that high court judges
retire on full pay at 70 years of
age was met by a sharp state-
ment from .Senator Henry Park-
man, Jr.j Boston Republican,
that the opening of the equity
court case against former Bos-
ton City Treasurer Edmund
Dolan furnished the motive for
the retirement proposal.

In his message. Gov. Curley
made it plain that he does not.
look for" any sxtenslve saving In
State expenditures until there has
been a comprehensive study of
both revenues and expenditures.

He proposed that such a study
be made by a special commission
to report to the legislature of 1937
While urging retrenchment and
addltionla taxes in fen eiffcwt
to save the real estate owners
from their excessive burden of lo-
cal taxes, the Governor recom-
mended expenditures of large
sums of money to improve facllt-
Ues in the various institutions of
the State, particularly those un-
der the supervision of the depart-
ment of mental diseases.

Construction of a war memori-
al, with no estimate of the cost
given; ari addition to the State
House at an estimated cost of
$1,000,000; and an expenditure of
$1,000,000 for advertising the
State's recreational attractions
are among the other large expen-
ditures suggested.

In discussing this phase of the
recommendation, Gov. Curley re-
ferred to the provisions of the
State Constitution which Permit

mm, with the consent of the Exe-
cutive Council, u, remove judges
on account of advanced age or
mental or physicia! disability nd
urged tht It would be better for
them to retire voluntarily without
making it necessary to take re-
moval proceedings.

In view of the' fact that there
has been rumor of late to the ef-
fect that the Governor might
i exercise his powers to remove
l certain judges, many of the mem-
bra of the Senate and House pro-
fessed to see in his proposal a
veiled threat that he would
force retirement if necessary.

Another recommendation wh ch
stirred considerable hostility was
that for setting up a single cham-
ber Legislature composed of 14«
elected members In place of the
present Senate of 40 members and
House of 240. Coupled with this
recommendat on was a proposal
for biennial sessions of the Legis-
lature.

The question of biennial sessions
Is one that has been discussed an-
nually at the State House for sev-
eral years wth the advocates of
that change coming very near to
getting their proposal endorsed at
the last session bv a number suf-
ficient to put the qugstlon of
amending the Constitution on the
ballot. /

"That batUs will be renewed
with vigor at th« current session, ,
and may have a chancs of re- '
celvlng legislative approval. - '

Other recommendations which
seem destined to meet wvth stiff
opposition were those for placing ;
ths Industrial Accident Board j
withjn the Department of Labor I
and Industries and increasing the
compulsory school age from 14 to
16. Both of these questions have
been before the Legislature in
other years, and have been fought
strenuously.

There was much favorite discus |
slon of Governor Curley's recom-
mendation that Judges ot district
I'Ourts be prohibited from appea-
Ing in civil cases in their own
courts.

Under a recent rule of the Su-
preme Court .district court judges
were prohibited from practicng in
criminal cases anywhere in the
State. There is some sentiment in
favor of making that same rule

apply in connection with all civil
cases anywhere and it appeared
that the Governor's proposal that
the prohibition, against civil cases
I be applied to district judges with-
in their own Jurisdictional courts
would be approved . _

Both branches met at 11 o clock

yesterday, according to custom,

and with no contests over the

presiding officers in either Senate

or House, the Joint convention

was called on time. The reading

i of the Governor's address, one of

the longest eve: given, consumed

1 an hour and 25 minutes.

me legislators that the acceptance

of the plan "may be jeopardized by

other plans, which, while represent-

tl With a view to relieving the anx-
lore motor vehicle inspec- j , eUes of Rging judges and to im-
ring there is need for im- | vg Umj j udiclal service of the
mediate and drastic action. "Rack- comm0 nwealth, the governor recom-
eteering upon spurious claims by mended legislation permitting i
venal attorneys in collusion with

mended legislation permitting a
judge of anv of the three courts of
state-wide jurisdiction, upon reach-
ing the age of 70, to retire volun-
tarily at full salary. Such a pro-
vision is now in force with respect
to federal justices, the chief execu-
tive reminded the law makers.

The legislature was bitterly de-
nounced by the governor for its fail-
ure to provide the necessary funds
to construct a new hospital for the
criminally insf.ne. "The duplicity
; practiced in 1935 through the au

doctors and professional cliamants
must be stopped." he warned. "A
great industry which is threatened
with destruction through criminal
exploitation must be conserved." He
also suggested consideration of
whether law violators should be re-
quired to install governors on their
cars limiting operation to 30 miles
per hour as a condition of continued
license,
nt- il The reduction in mortgage inter-
, m'tenX. and a dertn to ! est rate from 6 to Btt per cent has . on/a ,, on for the establishment of
a _„„* "~ — ! lightened the burden on home own- n ital for the criminally insane
era but the chii'f executive expressed ^ & ^ of $1 750 ,000 without mak-
the opinion that in the view of the , prov i 3 ion for the money savors

plenitude of money a further reduc- \ f ^ low orde r of knavery without
tion might well be made. j preceden t in the history of the corn-

Support is given by the governor, j motlwoaU .h," the governor declared,
in another recommendation, to tne Hg reC ommended that the institution
report of the special recess commis- hp conatructed a t Norfolk and be
sion which studied the subject or , supervised Dy the Mental Diseases
consumer credit. The commission ; department
favored the enactment of a uniform
instalment sales law.
Economic Education.

Still another recommendation
which the governor renewed in his
I second message to the legislature il
! that steps be taken to promote eco* tuJ „ „_.

1 nomic education not only in the ti ents." He also favored the con-
1 secondarv schools, but among the: stn)C ti n of a new state school ror
i adult population. He maintained {ee ble minded children. Referring
; that it would be advisable to ap- lo tne de ) a y in the necessary mental
point a commission to study the sub-) diseases building program the gov-
ject i emor stated that "attempts to gloss

He favored expansion of the so- over this situation upon the plea of
ommendations for new legion authority act to the overburn emng the taxpayer should

was the proposal for an expansion ca >™ f t be au . b tolerated, and we should

of tho workmen's compensaUon art , t ite^ an^^ appropriate "Jet** cond ition and a situation

to provide coverage for nurses eni- U ,J gi housing ; the further disregarding Of which

ployed in institutions. The • work y i J prosecu- fln01J , d st amp the lawmaking bodies

tion of slum clearance and low cost of Massachusetts ae both unworthy
housing projects.

"The unemployment insurance
act," the governor informed the
legislators, "should ultimately prove
a panacea for industrial depressions
through maintaining within the
ranks of the consumers the unem-
ployed men and women of the na-
tion as well as the aged, who, with-
out legislation of this character,
would be without the funds neees^
sary not only for the maintenance,
of their families, but would be un-

lilt: c uun **«■■*.«■- —

solve a tremendous problem, may

destroy the real objective sought.

namely, the welfare of the entire

people."

Dp to Private Industry.

As to "work and wages," Gover-
nor Curlev had the following to
say: "With the funds that have
been made available through legis-
lative action in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, employment has
been furnished, and men and wo-
men have been transferred from
welfare rolls to pay rolls, but it is
accepted by every forward looking
intelligent 'individual that both the
federal and state governments have
their limitations and that in the last
analysis it is private industry that
we must look for the ultimate trans-
fer of the unemployed to employ-
ment."

One of the governor's first rec-
ommendations for new legislation

"The institutions for the mentally

I ill should be enlarged to accommo-

; date 2000 patients each as speedily

: as possible," the governor asserted.

"This would mean the enlargement

of 12 state institutions, providing

for a total of 24,000 mental na-

as hazardous as persons in the law
enforcing or fire protection branches
of the public service, since they are
constantly exposed to the danger of
disease and death, and in my opinion
are entitled to protection," the gov-
ernor declared.

Stressing the need for reorgani-
zation of the State Department of
Labor and Industries as essential if
the interests of employer, employee
and taxpayer alike are to be served,
the chief executive renewed his rec-
ommendation for legislation to per-
mit the Department of Labor to
take over the duties of the State In-
dustrial Accident board. Still an-
other labor recommendation made
by the chief executive was the re-
newal of his proposal of raising the
compulsory school age from 14 to IB
yeais.
More .Motor Inspectors.

"For the first time since the law
has been in effect a definite halt has
been made in the steadily increasing
cost of placing a car on the ro>.d,
the governor said In discussing the
compulsory automobile insurance
statu',.. "A definite forward step

and unfit.'

Gas and ICIectrio Bate*.

Indicating that the special state

commission on sliding scales is pre-
paring a plan which it believes will
materially reduce the gas and elec-
tric rates throughout the state. Gov-
ernor Curley sponsored the enact-
ment of a so-called contract law by
which the Public Utilities depart-

I ment by agreement with the com-

I panies, or otherwise, could fix a fair

: """i : rate of return, a fair rate base and
able to aid private Industry, through, , the baaig of participation by the
the absence of purchasing power. , j pub i ic and companies in excess earn-

power
Pursuit of Criminals.

To insure the public safety, the
governor recommended that imme-
diate legislative steps be taken, in
accordance with recent federal leg-
islation, to allow law enforcing offi-
cials of one state to pursue law vio-
lators into another state. "The ad-
vantages enjoyed by organized
crime through speedy motor ve-
hicles, the radio, able attorneys and
other agencies cannot be successful-
ly combated until such time as a
portion of the fetters with which

statute. "A definite forward step restH( .tions bind law enforcing

has been taken m this matter in the « . . r . moved » the

elimination of the guest from com
pulsory insurance." He added that
the costs can only be lowered by
reducing the number of claims and
maintained this result could be ac-
complished by increasing the per-
sonnel of the registry of motor ve- ;

hides. Unless such provision 1S , adoption of a constitutional amend-
made, he asserted, "I can see no al- ?."* to m&k * , the unicameral leg-

agencies have been removed," the

governor declared in making this
recommendation.
Unicameral Legislature.

As another means of reducing the

cost of the state government, the

chief executive recommended the

tcrnative other than a repeal of the
compulsory insurance law." He
therefore renews his recommenda-

islature possible, a reduction in
membership and biennial sessions."
"There is no need for two chamber*
today." the governor declared.

public and companies in excess earn
ings of public utilities engaged In j
the distribution of gas and elec-
tricity.

Because ot a recent report that
there are more than 1000 persons
who are not qualified in either medi-
cine or surgery conducting business
in Massachusetts as physicians or
surgeons, the governor asked the
General Court to pass a statute to
| require such professional men to
. pass a test ^nd pay an annua! reg-
I istratlon fee before being allowed to
practice in Massachusetts. Other
health measures recommended by
the governor were the abandonment
of the Rutlatid State hospital and
the construction of a new institution
there and provide additional accom-
modations for employees at the
Pondville cancer hospital.
State House Addition.

As another part of his public
buildings program the common-
wealth's chief executive called upon
the legislature to appropriate *1,-
000,000 for the construction of an

t^l^rw^A^vvA '* &. ^H mmm

•

addition to the State House. He I
reminded the law makers that the I
state is paying $80,000 annually to
house officers of state functions.

With the creation of the State
Planning board the need for the
Metropolitan Planning division
ceases to exist, the governor de-
clared, favoring abolition of the di-
vision. There is no valid reason for
the continuance of the division.

Numerous changes in the district
court system were outlined to the
senators and representatives by the
governor. They include: Prohibit
practice by the district court jus-
tices in civil cases In their own
courts; establishment of district
courts on a circuit basis; give pre-
ssing justices the option of sitting
full time with adequate compensa-
tion and appointments of presiding
justices should be made W that ba-
sis m the future; remuneration of
special justices on an hourly basis

Referring to the commonwealth's
penal institutions, the governor re-
newed his recommendation for the
abandonment of the State prison at
Charlestown and the housing of
Mons at Norfolk. He also suggest-
ed the appointment of a committee
to study the placing of state wards
the segregation of prisoners, estab-
lishment of an institution for the
care and treatment ot persons af-
flicted with social diseases and rad-
ical changes in the parole system
°r the state.
Urges Tax Study.

•T believe the time has come to
make a thorough study of the tax
pioblem and the expenditure prob-
lem of our state and local govern-
ments, and to prepare a comprehen-
sive tax and expenditure program "
the governor declared in stressing
the point that insufficient attention
has been given the subject.

I recommend that legislation be
passed having for its objective the
securing of revenue sufficient in

hS? t0 .°. bViate the ™'**^ o"
laying any 'state tax' upon the citieo
and town,,, as a means of relieving

2SW" ° f the inea - uit *ble burden
tnat it is now required to bear."

"wlU T» H \ \ he S P er cent 8ur tax
r« •„ a £ t( l elimi » a te the state

den on t^ US v, help t0 redUCe th « bur-
den on the home owner." The in-

in accordance with the recoenized
policy of broadening the tax baeV

serted ,u ° Uld ' the governor as-
serted, provide revenue where noreiw
needed and without hardship 8 "ffi
fh of P roof a'whol would remove
this products unfair competitive^

arc n o l ho e irc o b v e e v r P tho8e w& * £

J£«K£ SIS*" bUSineM ' *•
Increased Dog Tax.

The proposed increase state
share on dog racing would work no
hardship to the operators wiTwouW
prove beneficial to the common
wealth through increasing t h ™ re"
enue approximately $25uW the
chief executive reminded the leg?,

£1™ ^ iS "WW *« on to-
„J; Z ?V 8" ove ™° r maintained
would not fall heavily on any IncH
vidua!, while the tax on slot ma-
chines would aid the smaller mer-
chants of the commonwealth
Governor Curley renewed his rec-

TSnn d ,?,H ons for the appropriation
of $100,000 to advertise the recrea-
tional advantages of the state and a I
like amount for the conservation of |

bird and fish life

steps be taken o erect a "war tf
mnf-iai o«^i ,. CICLl «* war me-

Sent of - SU ^ este d the appoint-
85 stal at C0 T h m,tt «» to represent
uie state at the Harvard collere
tercentenary exercises *

rlar r e d C Zi U h " t the « oyeTnor de -
sent. J% '" tax P ro & r *m repre-
1 th ly ,^ portion * what is pos-

I f„,i e ' P rovWed 'he question of ways
and means of economising, and at
fiL"Kf l J me m °« efficient con-
duct of the departments of the state,
is answered. He closed with the
I recommendation for the appoint-
; ment of a committee to etudy econ-
j omy in government.

ft ' ■ .. ^i —

TRIBUNE

Lawrence, Mass.

fl* ™

MERRIMACK PROJECT TO
BE PUS HED BY GOV. CURLEY

Governor Says He Will Seek Appropriations

to Commit Federal Government to That
) and Other N. E. Developments

BOSTON, Dec. 31 (^-Appropri-
ations for development of the Con-
nor) iruf. Blaokstone and Merrimack
rivers will be sought in Washing-
ton by Governor James M. Curley
when he visits the capital to at-
lond the Jackson Day dinner, he
announced tonight.

"These projects are by no means
dead," said the governor. "I want
to get some appropriations as a
commitment on the federal govern-
ment's part. A million dollars on
each river project would serve to
start the improvements."

Governor Curley said that while
in Washington he would also dis-
cuss the development of a national

cuard camp at Bourne, on Cape
Cod.

The governor released a state-
ment from William F. Callahan,
commissioner of public works, in-
dicating the state would take im-
mediate stops to carry through the
program for a new 40-foot ship
channel for Boston harbor, for
which $1,000,000 was alloted from
works progress administration
funds.

Callahan said fie state also was
in a position lo proceed with
dredging of the channel at the Fore
River bridge, Quincy, as soon as it
was advisable for the work to
start.

r _^_»_ , I With. a view to relieving, the anx- j

apr"_ r ~

~ EAGLE

Lawrence, Mass.

REAL ESTATE I
TAX RELIEF IS
PROPOSED BY
CURLEY

Governor Outlines New
Tax Program For State

• I — . Tl and proposed a study which ago assistance.

Akn MTPCQPQ ThP would pul tho Commonwealths 5. Forty cents per gallon tax on

niOU UllCOOUO I IIC ,„„,„,., svsU -m „„ r n-al dehlt each proof gallon of alcohol.

». . - - 1 and credit standard. 6. Two cent per package tax on

NPPfl F(ir FrflnnniV T ° raisc sumcient new ™ cnwi cigare-ltes and corresponding tax

to make It possible to wipe out the on tobacco products.

present $10,000,000 state tax now 7. Five doll** tax on slot mach-

1(1 (iftyPNirnPnt I assessed on the cities and towns ot

the Commonwealth. Governor Cur- 8. Increase of from three and a

ley recommended the following new halt to live per cent in the States

lax pi,,,,: share of the handle at dog racing

1. Continuation of the 10 per cent tracks.

on individual , t, s and To bring about economy In state

colorations, government th* governor rccom-

Favors Bigger Gas Tax mends the appointment of a com-

2 A n Increase in the three cent mitteo consisting of six legislators
per gallon tax on gasoline for a and 10 persons representing the
five year period roal estate and business interests

3. Doubling of the fee assessed of the Commonwealth. Another
Senate and House of Represen- on motor trucks operating in the study which the governor lUMri
tatlves, in the first meeting of States. as essential is the. of the appomt-

the 1936 leglslotive session, 4. Transfer to the General Fund ment of a commission of recogn zed

outlined a new tax program of receipts from the tax on intoxi- authorities on taxation, including

inline beverages not used for old , (

STATE HOUSE, Boston, Jan.
I—With elimination of the
State Tax as a means of dir-
ectly relieving the burden on
real estate and the need for
economy in government as the
keynote of his message. Gover-
nor James M. Curley address-
ing a joint convention of the

members of the Legisiatun
forced with ample funds to employ
every possible expert assistance, to
revise the tax system of the Com-
monwealth.

Governor Curley opened his ad-
dress with the unqualified predic-
tion that the new year will mark
"the end of the greatest depression
ever visited upon the American
people." He devoted a great deal
of time discussing .social security
legislation and promised that the
operation of the program for social
justice would represent, the dawn
of a now day and a new era in the
life of the nation. The chief execu-
tive warned 1he legislators that the
acceptance of the plan "may be
jeopardized by other plans, which,
while representing good intentions
and a desire to solve a tremendous
problem, may destroy the real ob-
jective sought, namely, the welfare
of the entire people."

"Work and Wages"

As to "work and wages," Gover-
nor Curley had the following to
say. "With the funds that have
been available through legislative
action In the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, employment has
been furnished, and men and
women have been transferred from
welfare rolls to payrolls, but it is
accepted by every forward looking
intelligent individual that both the
federal and stale governments have
their limitations and that ill the
last analysis it is in private industry
that we must look for the ultimate,
transfer of the unemployed to em-
ployment."

One of Ihe governor's first recom-
mendations for new legislation was
the proposal for an expansion of
(he Workmen's Compensation Act
to provide coverage for nurses cm-
ployed in institutions. "The work
of these/ men and women is equally
as hazardous as persons in the law
enforcing or lire protection branch-
es of Ihe public service, since they
are constantly exposed to the dan-
ger of disease and death, and in
my opinion, are entitled to protec-
tion." the governor declared.
Labor Recommendations.

Stressing the need for reorgani-
zation of the state department of
labor and industries as essential if
the interests of employer, employe
and taxpayer .alike are to be served,
the chief executive renewed his
recommendation for legislation to
permit the department of labor to
lake over (he duties of the Stale
Industrial Accident Board. Still
another labor recommendation
made by (he chief executive was
the renewal of his proposal o
raising the compulsory school agt
from 14 to 16 years.

"For the first time since the lav,
lias been in effect a definite halt
has been made in the steadily in-
creasing cost of placing a car on
the road," the governor said in
discussing the compulsory automo-
bile insurance statute. "A definite
forward step has been taken in
this matter in the elimination of
the guest from compulsory Insur-
ance. He added that flic costs can
only bo lowered by reducing the
number of claims and maintained
this result could he accomplished
by increasing Ihe personnel of the
registry of motor vehicles. Unless
such provision is made, he assert-
ed. "I can see no alternative other
than a repeal of the compulsory in-

surance law." He therefore renews
his recommendation for more motor
vehicle inspectors declaring there
5s need for immediate and drastic
action. "Racketeering upon spuri-
ous claims by venal attorneys in
collusion with doctors and profes-
sional claimants must, be stopped,"
he warned. "A great Industry which
is threatened with destruction,
through criminal exploitation must
be conserved." He also suggested
consideration of whether law vio-
lators should be required to install
governors on their cars limiting
operation to 30 miles per hour as
a condiiion of continued license.

The reduction in mortgage -inter-
est rate from 6 to 5 1-2 per cent
has lightened the burden on home
owners but Ihe chief executive ex-
pressed the opinion that in the
view of the plenitude of money a
further reduction might well' be
marie.

Support is given by the governor,
in another recommendation. 1o the
report of the special recess com-
mission which studied the subject
of consumer credit. The commis-
sion favored the enactment of a
uniform instalment sales law.

Still another recommendation
which the governor renewed in his
second message fo (he Legislature
is that ."tops be taken to promote
economic education not only in 1he
secondary schools, but among the
adult population. He maintained
1hat it would be advisable to ap-
point a commission to study the
subject,

He favored expansion of the so-
end that cities and towns be au-
callcd housing authority act fo the
thorlzed to raise and appropriate
money and to pay it over to the
housing authorities to assist in the,
prosecution of slum clearance and
low cost, housing projects.

Lauds Job Insurance
"The unemployment insurance
act," the governor informed the
legislators, "should ultimately prove
8 panacea for industrial depressions
through maintaining within the l
ranks of the consumers the unem-j
ployed men and women of the na-
tion as well as the aged, who. with-
out legislation of this character,!
would be without the funds neces-
sary not only for the maintenance
of their families, but would be un-|
nhle to aid private industry,
through the absence of purchasing
power."

To insure the public safety, the
governor recommended that imme-
diate legislative steps be taken, in
accordance with recent federal leg-
islation, to allow law enforcing
jfficials of one state to pursue law
•'lolators into another state. "Th i
advantages enjoyed by organized
crime through speedy motor ve-
hicles, the radio, able attorneys and
Jther agehcies cannot be success-
fully combattcd until such time as
a portion of the fetters with which
legal restrictions bind law enforcing
agencies have been removed,' the
governor declared in making this
recommendation.

Urges Smaller Legislature
As another means of reducing the
cost of state government the chief
executive recommended adoption
of a constitutional amendment to
"make the unicameral legislature
possible, a reduction in member-!
ship and biennial sessions." "There 1

is no nteu ot two cnamners loaay
the governor declared.

reaching the - ,. (o re _

tire voluntarily at full salary. Such
a provision is now in force with
iespect to federal justices, the chief
executive reminded the law mak-
ers.

"The institutions for'the mental-

y , I S i ™ U J d b0 cnl arged to accom-
odate 2,000 patients each as speed-
ily as possible," the governor as-
serted. "This would mean the en-
largment of 12 state institutions
providing for a total of 24,000 men-
tal patients." n c also favored the
construction of a new state school
for feeble minded children. Refer-
ring to the delay in the necessary
mental diseases building program
the governor stated that "attempts
to gloss over this situation upon
Ihe plea of overburdening the tax-
payer should no longer be tol-
erated, and we should meet a con-
dition and a situation, the further
disregarding of which should stamp
Ihe lawmaking bodies of Massachu-
setts as both unworthy and unfit " <

Indicating that the special state
commission on sliding scales is
preparing a plan which it believes
will materially reduce the gas «hd
electric rates throughout the Stat",
Governor Curley sponsored the en-
actment of a so-called contract
law by which the public utilities
department by agreement with the
companies, or otherwise, could fix
a fair rate of return, a fair rate
base and the basis of participation
by the public and companies in
excess earnings of public utilities
engaged in the distribution of gas
and electricity.

Would Weed Out Quacks
Because of the recent report
that there are more than 1,000 per-
sons who are not qualified in either
medicine or surgery conducting
business in Massachusetts as phy-
sicians or surgeons, the governor
asked the General Court to pass a
statute to require such professional
men to pass a test and pav an an-
nual registration fee before being
allowed to practice in Massachu-
setts. Other health measures rec-
ommended by the governor were
the abandonment of the Rutland
Slate Hospital and the construction
Of a new institution there and pro-
vide additional accemmodations for
employes at the Pondville Cancer
hospital.

hntiHi,, 8 " " 1 ^ part of hi * PUbll-
iiilrlmir nmornm the r

dtrii.

wealth's chief executive called v dividual, while the tax on slot ma-
on the Legislature to appropriate chines would aid the smaller mer-
Sl.000.000 for the construction of an chants of the Commonwealth.

addition to the State Capitol. He
reminded the law makers that the
state is paying .$80,000 annually to
house offices of state functions.

With the creation of the State
Planning Board the need for the
Metropolitan Planning Division
censes to exist, the governor de-
clared, favoring abolition of the di-
vision. There is no valid reason for
the continuance of the division.
District Court Changes

Numerous changes in the dis

Governor Curley renewed his re-
commendations for the appropria-
tion of $100,000 to advertise the
recreational advantages of the
State and a like amount for the
conservation of bird and fish life.
He asked that steps be taken to
erect a war memorial and suggest-
ed the appointment of a commit-
tee to represent the state at the
Harvard College Tercentenary ex-
ercises.

In conclusion the governor dec-

trict court system were outlined to ' lareQ tnat nis lax program repre-

the senators and representatives
by the governor. They Include:
Prohibit practice by the district
court justices in civil cases in their
own courts; establishment of dis-
trict courts on a circuit basis; give
presiding justices the option of sit-
ting full time with adequate com-
pensation and appointments of pre-
siding justices should be made on
that basis In the future; remuner-
ation of special justices on an
hourly basis.

Referring to the Commonwealth's
penal institutions, the governor re-
newed his recommendation for the
abandonment of the State Prison
at Charlestown and the housing of
felons at Norfolk. He also sug-
gested the appointment of a com-
mitter to study the placing of state
wards, t he segregation of prisoners,
establishment of an institution for
the care and treatment of persons
afflicted with social diseases and
radical changes in the parole sys-
tem of the State.

"I believe the time has come to
make a thorough study of the tax
problem and the expenditure prob-
lem of our state and local govern-
ments, and to prepare a compre-
hensive tax and expenditure pro-
gram." the governor declared in
stressing the point that insufficient
attention has been given the sub-
ject.

"I recommend that legislation be
passed having for Its objective the
securing of revenue sufficient in
i amount to obviate the necessity of
laying any 'State Tax' upon the
cities and towns, as a means of re-
lieving real estate of the inequitable
burden that it is now required to
I bear."

Would Relieve Home Owner
He said the 10 per cent surtax
"will tend to eliminate the state
tax and thus help to reduce the
I burden on the home owner." The
Increase in the gasoline tax would
I be in accordance with the recog-
1 nixed policy of broadening the tax
j base, he declared. Doubling of the
motor truck fees would, the gover-
i nor asserted, provide revenue
j where sorely needed and without.
I hardship. Taxation of proof alcohol
'would remove this products unfair
competitive advantage over those
I engaged in the alcoholic beverages
i business, the governor stated.
I The proposed increase state
share on dog racing would work
I no hardship to the operators and
' would prove beneficial to the Com-
monwealth through increasing the
revenue approximately $250,000,
the chief executive reminded the
legist .ors. His suggested tax on
tobacco, the governor maintained,
would not fall heayily on any in-

sents only a portion of what is pos-
sible, provided the question of ways
and means of economizing, and at
the same time more efficient con-
ducting of the departments of the
state, is answered. He closed with
the recommendation for the ap-
pointment of a committee to study
economy in government.

LEADER
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 2 19%

Kill This One
George L. Bean
St. Margaret's
Night Address

We cannot for the life of iih see
eye to eye with Governor Curley in
his proposal to increase "TW""st:ite
tax on gasoline. Granted that new
sources of revenue must be found
If the general state tax is to be
eliminated in order to relieve real
estate owners, nevertheless, there
is no just reason why the over-
burdened motorist should again he
the goat. One can understand why
eigarcts and other tobacco products
should be taxed, why slot machines
should have 8 levy placivl upon
them and why the state's share of
dog racing receipts should be in-
creased, but ownership of an auto-
mobile has long since left the cate-
gory of luxuries. The public has a
right to drive machines and drive
them at moderate expense. This
latest proposal is nothing short of
confiscatory. The governor has
been ill-advised. If he does not
rescind this part of his program,
the legislature shoul I kill It the
minute it appears.

Whenever you ***,«?* £

"beefing" about the "City Han

2Sff am. »*>»« 5*52

ivhn "give little, rrtum for their

money J •consul-, the case of Georg

Bean elevator operator at the

hall to 88 rears, who died last eve-
hall for w » lh()Me vcars>
iimg- »«• »>iaii, i"
never missed a day's work H< «as
Lhlv cordial and obliging, al-
S, rSv o make the stranger in

Riding ■«■ * K£ A " Son*

Us employee In an humble position,
vet he was one of those who gave ,
overflowing measure of service tor
his modest wages. Moreover, the,
"hall" is full of faithful workers of
the same stamp as Mr. Bean-men
and women who get few public plau-
dits but whose services are inval-
uable in keeping the vast municipal
machiuery running smoothly.
* * *
While the automobile is no longer
a luxury, we continue to tax it as
such. John T. Klynn, well known
writer, in a recent article in Col-
lier's Weekly, said that the car
owner lias taken just about a» huh ii
punishment as the traffic will stand.
If the trend continues, one of our
most useful industries will be ham-
strung by taxes and regulations.
The Boston Globe recently said edi-
torially: "The fact is that the tax
on gasoline brings what looks like
easy money to the legislators. There
is the constant temptation to in-
crease it. This is the sort of thing
that may be expected. Nothing lends
itself more easily to abuse." The
Bystander is glad to note, inciden-
tally, that the Lowell Chamber of
Commerce has taken cognizance of

the situation and has referred the
matter to its executive committee
for probable consideration at a meet-
ing this month.

* ♦ *

We trust that the local School
committee will literally slop, look
and listen before increasing the de-
partment's payroll by one penny at
its meeting this evening — the Hnal
of the present board. There are ru-
mors afloat that seven new teachers
are to lie named, that various mem-
bers of the janitorial force at the
high school are to have pay In-
creases granted and thai, in a word,
there will be a belated shaking of
the municipal Christmas tree. In
all hnnesly, do we need a single new'
teacher in the Lowell public
schools? Will the education of any
child be seriously neglected if BO
additional ones are elected tonight?
Will any member of MM janitorial
slaff resign if he dochu't get a wage
advance? We seriously doubt it. li
any employee Is worth more money,
Ihe Bystander would be the last to
prevent his or her getting it, but
(his Isn't the time. Let the city get
on its feet again. Employees in
private industry have had to take
a lot on faith for the past few years.
City workers can hardly expect
to do less.

COURIER-CITIZEN
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 2 i93b

. CURLEY WQC
JLELEND STATE

WO-CENT TAX ON CIGARE
INCREASE IN GAS
URGED IN ANNUAL

tight-Point Plan Put

LINE LEVY!
MESSAGE

Out to End Assess-
ment on Cities

•

BIENNIALJESSIONS

Governor Also Proposes

Unicameral Legislature and

More Motor Inspectors

(Special to the Courier-Citizen.)
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON. Jan. 1
— With elimination of the state tax
as a means of directly relieving- the
burden on real estate and the need
for economy in government, as the
keynote of his message, Governor
James M. Curley, addressing a joint
convention of the Senate and House
0f Representatives today in the first
Aieeting of the 1936 legislative ses-
sions, outlined a new tax program
and proposed a study which would
put the commonwealth's budget sys-
tem on a real debit and credit stand-
ard.

Increased Gas Tax.

To raise sufficient new revenue to
make it possible to wipe out the
present $10,000,000 state tax now
assessed on the cities and towns ot
the commonwealth, Governor Curley
recommended the following new tax
plan:

1— Continuation of the 10 per cent
surtax on individuals, estates and
corporations

2~Aii increase in the three-cent
per gallon tax on gasoline for a
five-year period.

3— Doubling of the fee assessed
on motor trucks operating in the
state.

4 — Transfer to the general fund
of receipts from the t^x on intoxi-
j eating beverages not used for old
age assistance.

5— Forty cents per gallon tax on
each proof gallon of alcohol.

6- -Two cent per package tax on
cigarets and corresponding tax on
tobacco products.

7— Five dollar tax on slot ma-
chines.

8— Increase of from 3 y 2 to 5 per
cent in the state's share of the han-
" l_ at d0 & racing tracks.

The message which lasted an hour
and 25 minutes,

"Bluntly, the message shouts ex-
travagance and whispers economy."
Senator Henry Parkman jr., of
Boston, a consistent foe of the gov-
ernor, commented that the message
"was long and pretty dull," adding:
"Out of a welter of vague quanti-
ties and the usual high sounding
phrases liberally sprinkled with ad-
jectives, I detected a few specific
suggestions with which I am in
hearty accord."
Economy Study.

To bring about economy in state
government the governor recom- i
mends the appointment of a com- !
mittee consisting of six legislators
and 10 persons representing the real j
estate and business interests of the j
commonwealth. Another study I
which the governor stressed as es-
sential is that of the appointment
of a commission of recognized au- '
thorities on taxation, including
members of the legislature, enforced
with ample funds to employ every
possible expert assistance, to revise
the tax system of the common-
wealth.

Governor Curley opened his ad-
dress with the unqualified prediction
that the new year will mark "the
em! of the greatest depreasion ever
*h» American people."

drew immediate m
comment from two men who have H iH1 ^ ecI upon th ~
been in opposition to his administra- c " Pv °ted a great deal of time dis-
tion. One, Leverett Saltonstall, c,,8SIn ff social security legislation
speaker of the House of Representa- f, P ! °'»'sed that the operation of
Uvea, and candidate for the Repub- e P r0 K ra m for social justice would
lican nomination for governor this »rS resent the dawn of a new dav
year, remarked: «"d a new era in the life of the na-

chief executive warned

tion. The

LEADER
Lowell, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Republican Newspapers

Assail Curley's Proposals

— — .. .. i I IM— '

Increased Taxation Program of the Governor

in His Annual Message Denounced

in Editorials.

B] ALLEN MAKTIN.

I'liiied Pre** Staff Correspondent.
BOSTON. .Ian. 2 (HE! MaasachU-J

setts newspapers, mostly Republi-
can, expressed misgivings editorially
todav over the increased tax pro-
gram outlined by Governor Curley

in his annual message to the leg-;
islature.

The Democratic chief executive m
his 12. 000-word message yesterday
recommended continuance of the 10
per cent surtax on incomes, doubling
of truck licensing fees, a 40-cent-a-
gallon tax on alcohol, an increase
from 3% to 5 per cent in the state's
share of dog-racing receipts, a tax
of two cents on each package oi
etgardts and a corresponding levy
upon other tobacco products.

He also advocated eonttauance for
five years of the three-cent-a-gallon
lax on gasoline, and a $6 annual tee
on slot machines.

"If Governor Curley's recommen-
dations, in his annual message to
the legislature yesterday, are enact-
ed into law. 1936 will be no happy
new year for taxpayers." said
the Independent-Democratic Boston
Post. "The governor is hot after
i them. He would re-enact the three-
cenl gasoline tax and continue I his
rate for live years.

"It seems there is some cause
for jealousy because other states
have a. higher gasoline tax than
Massachusetts . . .

"These things would, he believes,

relieve the real estate tax-payer.

But somehow new taxes never

lighten the burden on the real estate

| owner. He is being constantly re-

I lieved - relieved of more money. He

! has therefore grown cynical about

i 'relief.' "

| The Republican Boston Herald
| was more vehement. In an editorial
titled "Spend Now! Save letter!" the
; Herald accused Curley of emphasiz-
ing revenue rather than retrench-
j ment.

"Economies in state Admlnistra-
j tion can wait, as there is 'ample
I time' for the work of determining
just what foi/n they should take,'
the Herald said. "... He (the
governor) placed I he emphasis, un-
fortunately, on revenue, not re-
trei chment."

"Governor Curley's smooth propo-
sal for eliminating the state tas
while in other proposals recom-
mending large increases in itate I (£■
! penses may be taken as mora delU-
jstve than hopeful bait for the
I troubled psychology of taxpayers,"

observed the Republican Springfield
Union.

Referring to Curley's proposal for
a commission to study taxation, the
Republican Worcester Telegram
stated :

"This is excellent, but it is largely
a gesture and will be large'ly a ges-
ture -until the state proceeds actti
ally to reduce the cost of its gov-
ernment."

House Speaker L,everett Salton-
stall, a Republican, also assailed tin
governor's message which, lie said.

■shouts extravagance and whispers
economy."

The governoi advoca'ted the new
revenues to obviate 'be necessity oi

levying a state tax on cities and

tow ns.

"No student oi government today
can fail to be impressed with the
great complexity of the tax problem
and the Impossibility of properly ap-
proaching it without simultaneously
considering the volume of expendi-
tures." he .said. "I believe that the
time has come to make a thorough
study of the tax problems and the
i xpenditure program."

Curley recommended appointment
ol a "commission Of recognized au-
thorttlss on taxation, including
members of the legislature."

"The problem of commanding re-
liable revenue sources to meet the
expenditure requirements in main-
taining I he standard of government
established in Massachusetts contin-
ues to demand out best thought and
j effort in securing the necessary
I funds without bearing too heavily
f upon the home owners in our taxing
program." Cm ley said.

"The deficiency bill annually en-

, acted i>y the General Court under

j the title of state tax' reptesents an

i assessment upon each city and town

i which is reflected as a portion of

| the local property tax bill, which

with the county tax covers all

charges other than those made for

pui ely local needs.

"The amount established by the
! legislature as a 'state tax' upon a
I city and town is in practice de-
I ducted from revenues collected by
the state for distribution before the
! balance is distributed for municipal
purposes, but the amount assessed
■ is found in the determination of the
local tax rate and thus is made to
appear as a direct tax for slate pur-
poses upon property locally situ-
ated."

Other recommendations by the
(governor included:

Legislation to enable judges of

state courts to retire voluntarily *<•
full .salary at 70.

Raise compulsory school attend-
ance age from 14 to 16.

Unicameral legislature with bien-
nial sessions.

Interstate compacts under federal
legislation to permit law-enforcing
authorities of one state to puisne
violators into another state.

A $1,000,000 addition to the State
House.

Construction of a war memorial.

An appropriation tor advertising
Massachusetts' recreational facili-
ties.

Regulatory legislation on instal-
ment plan selling.

A building program for the De-
partment "f Mental Diseases,

Erection of a new tuberculosis
hospital in Rutland.

Slum clearance and low-cost
housing,

Sliding scale for gas and electric
i ates.

/ i

•

SUN
Lowell, Mass-

JAN 2 193b

THE GOVtKNOK'S MLb^AUt

"Happy New Year. - nae tment of various new or

The Governor urged the enacl mem < burden

increased taxes to the end that it might Ugnten^ ^

on the real estate taxpayer. I he heo > or ber of

commendable, bu t reel i Us to n in d th.it on ^ ^

occasions different taxes have been jewo « h a

it possible to reduce other forms o t xa on u ^ . & ^
promise the people .accepted ttf ^gSe where the tax
fault, if no! impossible, to re a ^ an instance entlv

that was supposed to be lower ed act a i> ^v p ^^
lowered. In the long run, and in fact, ma y th£

were not so long, it simply n e nt mor e m y^ tQ ke£p

^"^sSsuggestions as raising £ Igg-ft the tax n
cigarets and tobacco products, re-^nactoent ^

Cessment on income .taxes wd d^ J^ by the

1 P On the other hand, the Governor n the

recom.nendat.ons_ which are certain

proval of the majority of the jmDU c. fi f

Some of these are: In, eas , the. tare ^
dog racing from 3 54 » 5 perqem. s further r

figure could welt be V' l f L l.° r l l Reduction in gas and
duction in mortgage InteestJOT. from ac _

electric rates. Barring of dg^^Vafe tax on slot
tising in their own courts. -TOJ™! couki mu ch better

&£»«£ ^ SS ma* racketeers
ridl - After balancing the ^f^^stfpo^

MO'---' .'J™

TH1 ■ © ' ' !

LOOKING VAH AHK AD. ^ ft

( . owrn op Curloy ^^W^^ proceed
( , irkni8 n^-iTtrmrmT^-TOllcv t tQ the poor D f

of the $11,000 a ^% T jte\^ot Mr. Curlcy's last «*r

families about $2 a J^ flcent sum today, but nobody
That would not b e a. i nun>. ^ ^ 8

% 0WS W n l \ W Znce aSoney and poverty by that
W ill there be In <™ nl ^ hG main tatned so that the sum
Hine? WIH '" P l.r 1 ^,- that matter, will there be any

/p^n Boston in the year

be any-

ENTERPRISE

Marlboro, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

ENDORSES |

GOODWIN IN

, LABOR UNION

Governor Curley Changes

Attitude Alter Learning

"Good He is Doing"

UNPAID COUNSEL

Issues Statement On His

Work In Brockton

And Haverhill

Reversing his attitude to-
wards Motor Registrar Frank
Goodwin's activities as un-
paid labor counsel for the
Brockton Brotherhood, Gov-
ernor James M. Cuiley noti-
fied Mr. Goodwin he was free
to continue his service in that
union. Last week, when the
controversy was first made
public the Governor called
upon Goodwin to either cease
his outside activities or resign
as registrar.

Tin' Governor said tie had
ed this conclu Ion when he l
eel the Immense amount of good the
registrar had aecompli8he>d tor Hie
members of his union. He released
,i statement on the situath d after
conferring with Goodwin In his of-
fices for 58 minutes.

"l believe that the question of
ethics of tlic head of an Impoi
tant department in matters of this
Character may well be waived ir
view of the results that have been
achieved in the preservation of an
Important basic Massachusetts in-
dustry," i he Governor said.

The Governor added that the

shoe workers In Brockton, where

Mr. Goodwin has been activi toi

two and a half years, enjoyed ■

prosperity and happiness thai was

unique- in the industry in this

Btatc fn ?lew of his excellent

work, ami the fact that he carried

OU UliH work during his own lim\

the Governor -said he could not

see his way to interfere.

Governor's Statement
His statement said In pari :
"I have- conferred with Prank
A. Goodwin today, after making a
thorough investigation of his a< -

tivities in the field of shoe manu-
facturing, and 1 am convinced that
there is justification for the posi-
tion he baa taken.

Mr. Goodwill announced his de-
termination to remain as unpaid
eousel tor the shoe union when
Gov. Curley demanded lust frtdaj

that he either resign as registra:
or cease his labor work. Tin- action
was taken after a group of Work-
ers purporting to represent a rival
union, wrote a protest againai a
speech Goodwin made in Haverhill
urging the workers to join his
union.

"1 am no; swayed in ihis decis-
ion by the tact that his work is
carried on during his own time, ano
not during the time of the state,"
the Governor's statement coi.
tinued.

-No Other Course"

"Daring the put two and a half
years of the operation of the or-
ganization ei workers in wifeicb
Mr. Goodwin has been interested
in the Brockton district, there haSj
been peace In the Industry, thai
men hare found Bteady employ-
ment with conditions satisfactory
both as to wages and regulations
and a real apiril oi co iperatlon be-
tween employer an i employe has
been developed."

"The conditions thai obtain in
Broi Kton are tn striking coin: b it
With condition- that Obtain else-
where In the Commonwealth, no-
tably in Lynn and Haverhil.

provided the same nappy re-
tor Hi" industry, for the em-
ployer and for i!' • woraer can ba
i oped in oilier sections of
Massachusetts and thai barmony
can replace hatred, and continuity
of employment can replace strikes
and loi sou! and 'red' agitation
can be r< plai ecf by cooperation,
there la no Juatlflcation for any in-
dividual interfering tn the Indus-
trial life of the Commonwealth
and the w< tfare of IU people, W
taking any steps that would pre-
vent a consummation of results
', in other shoe centers similar to
: that which has betu e3ta dished
■ in the Brockton are,

"Under the eii luutatan ea with i
a i e tllzai Ion of the valued bci vtcea
rendered by Mr. Good vl Reg- j

l&trar o4 vi « Loi Vehicles and the
equally valued services that he has
been renderli poriant ha li

Industry, there Is no « tj In which
i ould Justify any course other
' i han to on tlnue him as Regtstrai
of Motor Vehli

Appraised of the Governor's

Btatemenl Registrar Goodv, In said:

"I knew wiheii ins Excellency

gol ail the facta he would change

his mind. I appreciate nil action

NEWS
Maiden, Mass.

JAN 2 19; ifj

The Higher Tax Fallacy »

IS IT POSSIBLE that anybody can
be fooled by the repeated assertions
from Washington and Beacon Hill that
higher tax receipts show the nattcn
and the state to be enjoying greater
prosperity? As Al Smith says, let's
look at the record. The tax receipts
of this state have Increased $5,000,000
over last year. At the start, $3,500,000
of this Increase that the administra-
tion would fool us into believing comes
from greater prosperity, comes from
ten per cent added to every state tax
bill, and voted for by renegade Repub-
licans, who allied themselves with
spendthrift Democrats. This ten per
cent was spent in waste and extrav-
agance and on projects that there was
r.o need of. That $3,500,000 spells any-
thing but more prosperity. A large
part of the increase in tax receipts
comes from inheritance taxes, which
means that more and richer people
passed away In 1935 than in 1934.
That cannot be laid to greater pros-
perity. The public service companies,
national banks and trust companies
paid considerably more, but that of
course was due to the ten per cent
extortion. Then the state received
over $2,400,000 from taxes on alco-
holic beverages. Whether that is an
Indication of prosperity is a consider-
able question. We nave always con-
tended that much of the money spent
in the saloons would be spent in the
dry goods stores, the meat markets,
with the clothier and furniture dealer
if the saloons were boarded up. .still
we find hundreds of men who deal In
the necessities of life voting for the
open bar room. We believe they are
economically wrong, and arc simply
■voting to take cash out of their own
1t]ls. This record, however, tells
briefly where the extra $5,000,000 In
Massachusetts tax receipts come from.
Surely no additional- prosperity is
responsible for it, and the wasteful
politicinm cannot fool an Intel!
public into believing that fa ll

My Brother's Keeper

ALMOST at tln> beginning Ol
Inaugural, Q&
we are beginning ! " JJrt
the trua concept of thi I al ad-

monition; "} »m mj brotlwr'a keep* '
We trust that the wo In thi
la lb" editorial w< and Gov-

ernor liiivrrli ved at. a point

•where lie u al lie ll his

brother's keeper, The saying,
aver, was not an admonition, but a
aufly inquiry bv Cain after he killed
Abel and ami reproved by ihe almighty,

after which hr turned Willi .5
a.«tcefi. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
And the :n' Wei ras Yea mid hns been
Yne ail down thro i ages, It

is more emphatically Yes today than
ever before. If the administration
on Beacon Hill wants the people of
the Commonwealth to believe that its
answer Is Yes, let it stop the extrav-
agance that haa been going on during
the past year. Let it do something to
reduce or even keep down taxes that
are overburdening its brothers in in-
dustry and business, Its hundreds of
brothers who have retired and are
attempting to live upon their hard
earned savings. Let It consider tho'e

brothers when scores of needless em-
ployes are added to the state pay roll.
When an (xira ten per cent is added
to the stale tax ant! wrung from the
people. Let it consider their brothers
whose income is reduced when it fur-
nishes automobiles without number
to state officials who ought to wall; or
ride; in' street cars. If it honestly
wants to answer that question put fcy
Cain to his Maker in ,the dawn of
creation, let His Excellency give us a
program of genuine economy and stand
back of liis words with deeds. Otic
gesture, however, the Governor doe:
make along the line of economy, and
that is his advocacy of biennial
sessions of the General Court, which
as we have pointed out repeatedly will
mean an immense saving to the tax
payers. But will he line up his party,
which has followed him supinely on
every extravagance in this one stroke
of economy? Will the renegade Repub-
licans who stood loyally by him when
he added ten per cent to every stale
tax bill forego their .$2000 a year every
ether year to help him show the tax-
payers that he means business. 1 When ;
they do we shall take fomc stock in
this talk about "my brother's keeper." J

ENTERPRISE

Marlboro, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

BEAR THESE IN MIND

From the Haverhill Gazette

There are three logical rea-
sons for the extraordinary in- |
teiest of the Brockton Brother
hood in the Haverhill indus-
trial situation. Parenthetically,
let us »ay that we call this in-
terest extraordinary because
not before, to our knowledge
has the Brotherhood or spokes
men for it shown the degree 1
of interest in the affairs of an-
other industrial center that is
now being shown in Haverhill.
The first reason is the im-
portance of the Boot and Shoe
Workers union in Haverhill.
The Brotherhood is in power
in Brockton because it succeed
ed in ousting the Boot and
Shoe. If the Boot and Shoe
becomes firmly established in
Haverhill, Brotherhood leaders
may fear that it wiil acquire a !
prestige in New England suffi-
cient to endanger the security
of independent unions, includ-
ing the Brotherhood.- Thus, in
their effort to keep the power
and jobs they have in Brock-
ton, they may Iook upon Ha-
verhill as an outpost which, in
the interest of themselves,
they tTiust guar'd against the
Boot and Shoe.

The second reason is Poli
tician Frank A. Goodwin, who
under the title of adviser, is a
dominant figure in the Broth-
eihood. When Goodwin was
trying to get himself elected
governor last year, Brockton
unionists not only supplied him
with a base of operations, but
also constituted an important
Dart of his political support.
If, through extension of the
Brotherhood, he can develop
comparable influence in Ha-
verhill, he will have another
reservoir of votes and money
that he can tap to assist him in
political campaigns of the fu-
ture.

Definition of this reason
leads us directly to the third,
which is none other than Gov-
ernor Curley himself. Curley
is a politician quite as ambi-
tious as Goodwin, and more
successful. Since the 19 34
campaign theii political career;
have been intertwined. Good

NEWS
Milford, Mass.

JAN

LEGISLATIVE

WHEELS START
iTQTURNTODAY

Taxation and Economy
, Are Focal Points of
Bay State Session..

5HORT SITTING TO
DISCLOSE BATTLE

jetting powers i

Curley and Saltonstall
""frill Seek Political
Advantage.

win has vote

that are useful to Curley and
Curley h;is appointive powers
that are useful to Goodwin
Next fall Curley probably will
be a candidate for the United
States Senate. Certainly he
will be a candidate for some-
thing; art! whatever that is.
Goodwin's value to him will
be measured by the votes
Goodwin can get for him.
Thus, anything that increases
Goodwin's political power in-
terests Curley Needless to say. |
the organization of a local I ,ion fori; es of Gov. James M.

By International News Service
Boston. Jaii. •> — -Legislative
irheels on Beacon Hill began R
grind today as the second ms-
stoo of Hie l ism Qenera) Court
settled dovni to bosttte** with
taxation and economy in gov-
ernment costs and iocal points.
The anticipated short session,
according to capita] observers, will
• be marked by a battle tor political
; advantage between the administra-

union in Haverhill, along
Brotherhood lines, a union in
which Goodwin would have
strong influence, would be a
fortunate de^e'oj merit politi-
cally for Curley.

nhese reasons. \><- TepeWt.
depend on personalities and
situations that < ist without
regard for the int»'»«ts of Ha-
verhill workers. Indeed, they
suggest determined e'T'orls to
exploit Haverh'l' wn>l-ers f "~
selfish end-;. And Haverhill
woikers will be wise to bear
them in mind end also ponder
earnestly on the fact that the
United union, while posing as
their savior, denounced Good-
win at a mass meeting this
week, now plans to sponsor
his appearance at a mass meet-
ing Monday.

Union po itics is no excep-
tion to the rule that politics
makes strange bedfellows.

ley and those of Speaker of the
House Leverett Saltonstall. candi-
date for the Republican guberna-
torial nomination.

Recommendation for new taxes
Including one for two cents on
each package of cigarets and cor-
responding rates on other tobacco
products, featured the message of
Governor Curley before the 1936
session of the legislature which
opened yesterday.

Calling for the raising of rev-

$10,000,000 state tax assessed up-
on cities and towns, the Governor
also proposed: Continuation of the
I special 10 per cent tax on incomes
■ oi individuals and corporations;
continuation of the three-cents-a-
gallon tax on gasoline instead of
going back to the basic two-cent
| tax; an increase from 3 1-2 to 5
>»r cent in the State's share of
the "handle" from dog racing; a
tax of $5_pn each slot machine op-
erating in the state; a tax of 40
cents per proof gallon on alco-
hol, and doubling the fes for mo-
tor trucks.

Journal
Mer'ulen, Ct.

!j3b

SUGGESTIONS OF
GOV.JJLCURLEY
JO LEGISLATURE

Boston, Jan. 2. (AP)--Quotations
from Gov. James M. Curley's an-
nual message to the legislature:
Work and wages— The legislature
provided funds not only
grudgingly but, in such limited
amount as to make impossible the
complete fulfillment of the pledge
of work and wages.

Townsend plan— Although many
thousands of well-intentioned
Americans believe that the social
security program does not go far
enough, in the judgment of compe-
tent authorities, it is the one plan
wieh the public are prepared to ac-
cept. Its acceptance, however, may
be jeopardized by other plans,
which, while representing good in-
tentions and a desire to solve a
tremendous problem, may destroy
the real objective sought, namely,
the welfare of the people:.

Nurses— I accordingly recommend
such additions to existing law as
would make possible the inclusion
of this every deserving group
i nurses) within the provisions of
the workmen's compensation act.

Fortv-eight hour law— The adop-
tion of this humane measure of
legislation has made necessary the
employment of some 2,500 women
and men, and while it has increased
the cost of conducting the institu-
tions of the state, should shortly be
reflected in an improvement both
physically and mentally of its real
beneficiaries — the wards of the
state.

Minors— Good citizenship as well
as personal opportunity necessitates
the raising of the school-leaving
age from 14 to 1G.

Compulsory insurance— There b
need for immediate and drastic ac-
tion ... It is worthy of your
consideration whether violators of
the automobile laws may not be re-
quired to install governors on their
cars limiting operation to 30 miles
per hour as a condition of continued
license.

Installment selling— Many abuses
... So much confusion and
evasion in the statement of interest
rates on unpaid balances, that It is
next to impossible for the consumer
to find out the true rate he will be
obliged to pay.

Mortgage rates — In view of the
plenitude of money and the low in-
terest rates paid by the fiduciary
institutions, there is. in my opinion,
need for further reduction.

Housin g — Un wholesom e , unhealth-
ful, unsightly tenement property,
sometimes termed slum ares, is
apparently destined to remain with
us until such time as in the inter-
ests of public health and public de-
cency we pui&ess sufficient determl-

plea of political expediency nor the
demand for economy at the expense
of those whose pleafor consideration
has so long been denied will justify
failure to report the required finan-
cial legislation so essential to the
well being of the mental defectives
and so necessary to the honor of
the commonwealth.

Utility rates— The consumers of
the commonwealth should share in
any returns to the companies in ex-
cess earnings should take the form
of reduced rates.

Physicians' registration— Persons
engaged in occupations less danger-
ous to the public welfare are re-
quired to pass certain tests . . .
There can be no valid argument
pressed to exclude physicians and
surgeons.

State House building — I recom-
mend that an. appropriation in the
sum of $1,000,000 be made available
for the erection of an addition to
the state capitol. . ,„ .

| nation and courage to terminate

the same.

Legislature — I recommend the
adoption of a constitutional amend-
ment to make the unicameral leg-
islature possible, a reduction In
membership, and biennial sessions.

State institutions — Neither the

ARGUS

Montpelier, Vt.

1936

CURLEY ADDRESS
TRITICIZED BY

/ REPUBLICANS

Term It Shout of Extra-
vagance, Welter of Vague
Generalities

hurried analysis of his recommenda-
tions reveals .several inconsistencies.

"In one statement he accuses the
legislature of being underhanded in
passing a bill and in another declares
that it is fortunate the legislature
acted as it did on the same bill.

"The governor makes several rec-
ommendations for the construction of
public buildings, but omits to state
how the money is to be raised.

"He talks freely of reducing the
cost of government. But in this re-
spect merely suggests that a study
be made — the findings of course to
be made to the legislature after the
governor's term has expired."

The governor has announced him-
self a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for U. S. senator.

"It is significant," Saltonstall said
"that the governor's attack has shift-
ed from the executive council to the
legislature. Last year he wanted the
executive council abolished. Now he
controls it, he makes no reference to
it whatever."

Senator Parkman, referring to
that part of Governor Curley's mes-
sage pertaining to the housing of
mental defectives, said:

"The governor showed some hea'
on the failure to provide additiona
facilities for housing mental defec-
tives x x x and would like to have the
public believe his predecessor.-; in of-
fice and the legislature wore respon-
sible. He forgets that he was pre-
sented at the last session with an
adequate program of building but
preferred to insist on an appropri-
ation for highways and sidewalks."

Boston, Jan. 2, (A*) — Blunt and
sharp criticism of Governor James
M. Curley's message to the second
session of the 149th Massachusetts
legislature came today from a slate
senator and the speaker of the house,
both Republicans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance
and whispers economy," said Speak-
er Leverett Saltonstall of the Demo-
cratic governor's message, delivered
yesterday.

"A welter of vague generalities,"
was the comment of State Senator
Henry Parkman.

"The governor's address sounded
well," Saltonstall said, "but even a

STANDARD
New Bedford, Mass.

JAN 2 1936

Legislature Begins
Study of Curley Plan
For New State Taxes

Cigaret, Racing
Levies Sought

Governor Asks Gas
Revenue, Special
Surtax Continued;
Would Aid Realtv

Special fa Standard Tim ft

BOSTON, Jan. 2— Members
of the 149th General Court
took home with them today
for study copies of Governor
Curley's annual message out-
j lining an increased tax pro-
gram and prepared to begin
work on it Monday.

The Legislature, which convened
yesterday noon to hear the me?,
sage, met briefly today to adjourn
over the weekend.

The Democratic Chief Executive
in his 12,000-word message recom-
mended continuance of the 10 per-
cent surtax on incomes, doubling
of truck licensing fees, a 40-cent-
a-gallon tax on alcohol, an increase
from 3'..- to 5 percent in the state's
share of dog-racing receipts, a tax
of two cents on each package of
cigarefs and a corresponding levy
upon other tobacco products.

Slot Machines Tux

He also advocated continuance
for five years of the three-cent-a-
gallon (ax on gasoline, and a $5
annual fee on slot machines.

The Governor advocated new
revenues to obviate the necessity
of levying a state tax on cities and
towns.

"No student of Government to-
day can fail to he impressed with
I the great complexity of the tax
problem and the impossibility of
properly approaching i< without,
simultaneously conside thg the vol-
ume of expenditures." he said. "I
believe that the time has come to
make a thorough study of the tax
problems and the expenditure pro-
eram."

"The problem of commanding re-
liable revenue sources to meet the
expenditure requirements in main-
tefclJng the standard of govern-
ment established in Massachusetts
continues to demand our best
thought and effort in securing the
necessary funds without bearing
too heavily upon the home, owners
in our taxing program," Curley
said.

"The deficiency bill annually en-
acted by the General Court under
the title of 'state tax' represents an
assessment upon each city and
town which is reflected as a por-
tion of the local property tax bill,
which with the county tax covers
all charges other than those made
for purely local needs.

"The amount established by the
Legislature as a 'state tax' upon a,
city and town is in practice de-
ducted from revenues collected by
the state for distribution before
the balance is distributed for muni-
cipal purposes, but the amount as-
sessed is found in the determina-
tion of the local tax rate and thus
is made to appear as a direct tax
for state purposes upon property
locally situated."

Other Recommendations

Other recommendations by tha
Governor included:

Legislation to enable judges of
state courts to retire voluntarily
at full salary at 70.

Raise compulsory school attend-
; ance age from 14 to 16.

Unicameral legislature with bien-
nal sessions.

Interstate compacts under Fed-
eral legislation to permit law-en-
forcing nuthorities of one state to
pursue violators into another state.

A $1,000,000 addition to the State
House.

Construction of a war memorial.

An appropriation for advertising
Massachusetts' recreational facil-
ities.

Regulatory legislation on install-
ment-plan selling.

A building program for the de-
partment of mental diseases.

Erection of a new tuberculosis
hospital at Rutland.

Slum clearance and low-cost
housing.

Sliding scale for gas and electric
rates.

Message Scored

Blunt and sharp criticism of the
Governor's message came today
from a state senator and the
Speaker of the House, both Re-
publicans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance
and whispers economy," said
Speaker Leverett Saltonstall.

"A welter of vague generalities,"

was the comment of State Senator
Henry Parkman. )

"The Governor's address sounded
well," Saltonstall said, "but even a
hurried analysis of his recom-
mendations reveals several incon-
sistencies.

"In one statement he accuses the
Legislature of being underhanded
In passing a bill and in another
declares that it is fortunate the
Legislature acted as it did on the
same bill.

Criticizes Plans
"The Governor makes several
recommendations for the construc-
tion of public buildings, but omits
to state how the money is to be
raised.

"He talks freely of reducing the
cost of government. But in this
respect merely suggests that a
study be made— the findings of
course to be made to the Legis-
lature after the Governor's term
has expired.

"It is significant,' Saltonstall
said, "that the Governor's attack
has shifted from the Executive
Council to the Legislature. Last
year he wanted the Executive
Council abolished. Now he con-
trols it, he makes no reference to
it whatever."

Boosts for General Fund
In furtherance of his program to
accomplish a completely balanced
State budget, without the necessity
of assessing any deficit on the
cities and towns, the Governor
recommended transfer of the rev-
enue from liquor and beverage li-
censes from their present applica-
tion to old-age assistance into the
general revenue of the State.

He also proposed to transfer to
the general funds of the State a
special fund now held in the State
treasury for the payment of claims
under the 1919 State bonus to mili-
tary and naval applicants, the
escheated estates fund and the un-
claimed dividend fund.

Through the imposition of tnc j
new taxes, the continuation of ex-
isting special taxes and the trans-
fers to general revenue, the Gov-
ernor estimated that he could cut
down the State tax by approxi-
mately $8,500,000. Retrenchment in
departmental operating expenses
which he believes can be accomp-
lished this year should result, in
the opinion" of the Governor, in (
making up sufficient financial sav-
ings to do away with the addi-
tional $1,500,000 necessary to
abolish the State tax.

In his message, Governor Curley
made it plain, however, that he
does not look for any extensive
Bavins' in State expenditures until.

there" has been a comprehensive
study of both revenues and ex-
penditures. He proposed that such
a study be made by a special com-
mission during the current year,
the commission to report to the
legislature of 1936.

Urges Large Expenditures
While urging retrenchment and
additional taxes in an effort to save
the real estate owners from their
excessive burden of local taxes, the
Governor recommended expendi-
tures of large sums of money to
improve facilities in the various in-
stitutions of the State, particularly
those under the supervision of the
department of mental diseases.

Doing away with the State prison
at Charlestown and extension of the
facilities at Norfolk and Concord,
at a cost of approximately $2,000,-
000, along the lines which he has
outlined on previous occasions, is
included within the Governor's new
building program which he hopes
to put into effect this year.

Governor Curley was sharp tn
his denunciation of the failure of
the Legislature of last year to pro-
vide adequately, as he sees it, for
the extension of the building fa-
cilities for the treatment of the
mentally ill. He would spend $1.-
750,000 at Norfolk for the estab-
ishment of a hospital for those in
the insane institutions, but he
would have it placed under the
charge of the State Department of
Mental Diseases, instead of the
Department of Correction.

Construction of new hospital fa-
cilities at Rutland State Sana-
torium, with the single-room sys-
tem substituted for the ward sys-
tem, for treatment of tuberculosis
patients, improvement of the fire
fighting facilities at all State in-
stitutions and extensions for can-
cer treatment are also a part of
the new building program pro-
posed by the Governor.
War Memorial and Capitol Addition
Construction of a War Memorial,
with no estimate of the cost given;
an addition to the State House at
an estimated cost of $1,000,000; and
an expenditure of $100,000 for ad-
vertising the State's recreational at-
tractions are among the other large
expenditures suggested by the Gov-
ernor for favorable legislative ac-
tion.

The Governor declared, at the
outset of his speech:

"The year 1930 should prove
memorable, in the ar nals of our ;
country, marking as it will the end
of the greatest depression ever
visited upon the American people.
In common with every American
citizen, it was my belief, at the time
of the. assemblage of the Legisla-
ture in 1935, that a program of
work and wages, both in the na-
tion, the states, and subdivisions
of the states, would be in full opera-
tion.

"I believed that New Year's Day
In 1936 would find the people of
America transferred from welfare
rolls to payrolls, and prosperity so
general In the nation that no wor-
thy individual sppking opportunity
to employ the talents of brain and
hand with which God had endowed
him would bo denied the opportu-
nity.

"In Massachusetts I advocated an
Independent course for the absorp-
tion of the unemployed, realizing
the intricate and ponderous char-
52!* of Ppdpra > Government agen-

Settee WagC " Withln a

rcason-

"In the Commonwealth this Ad-
ministration has discharged Its por-
tion of the obligation imposed by
the Legislature, which provided
funds not only grudgingly but in
mirh limited amount as to make im-
possible the complete fulfillment of
the pledge of work and wages.
"Social Justice rrogrum"

"We are embarking upon a pro-
gram of social justice that five
years ago would have been regard-
ed as the quintessence of socialism
We are beginning to properly eval-
uate th e true concept of the Scrip-

tural admonition, "I am my broth-
er's keeper."

"The adoption by the 1935 Leg-
islature of a state unemployment
compensation law as the state's
contribution to the social welfare
program represents the most for-
ward step undertaken for the wel-
fare of humanity in the history of
the nation. The adoption of the
program in its entirety is today
taxing the thought and ingenuity
of the ablest minds in the land.

"The operation of the program
for social justice should represent
the dawn of a new day and a new
era in the life of the nation.

Reactionary Elements

Against this adoption will be
found arrayed the same reaction-
ary elements that have opposed ev-
ery great reform in the history of
the nation, actuated in large meas-
ure either by personal selfishness
or by fear of confiscation of prop-
erty, which not infrequently has
been accumulated through the
sweating of the wasted bodies of
women and children in industry."

Turning to the last session, he
said that it was "notable not alone
for the fact that it was the longest
session in the history of the Com-
monwealth, but for the additional
fact that it marked the enactment
of more progressive and humane
legislation than any previous ses-
sion.

"1. Workmen's Compensation
Act:

"Among the measures of prime
importance enacted were those
dealing with workmen's compensa-
tion, which marked the end of the
atrocious practice of discontinuing
payment to persons permanently
Incapacitated at the end of five
years, and the making of provision
for payment during the lifetime of
the individual. Rqually Important
from the standpoint, of the worker
was the amendment to the law de-
fining the 'average weekly wast.'
thereby ending the vicious practice
of payment to a worker suffering
injury in his employment insuffi-
Icient to provide for even the most
Imeagcr of his needs.

"Dependents of the workers are
fio longer subject to privation be-
cause of the penalties imposed by
money lenders In the matter of the
attachment of wages to an extent
which rendered the borrower help-
less, resulting in privation to his
dependents.

Nurses' Compensation

"The Workmen's Compensation
act as enacted makes provision for
the protection of laborers, work-
men and mechanics, and certain
other classes of employes, but no
provision has been made for the
protection of nurses in the institu-
tions. The work of these men and
women is equally as hazardous as
persons in the law-enforcing or
ire-protection branches of the pub-
lic service, since they are oonstant-

u*xdfcpv*u# &

iy exposed to the danger of disease
and death, and, in my opinion, are
entitled to protection.

"I accordingly recommend such
additions to existing law as would
make possible the inclusion of this
very deserving group within the
provisions of the Workmen's Com-
pensation act."

Among other statements by the
Governor were these:

Forty-eight hour law — "The
adoption of this humane measure
of legislation has made necessary
the employment of some. 2,500 wo-
men and men, and while it has
increased the cost of conducting
the institutions of the state, should
shortly be reflected in an improv-
ment both physically and mental-
ly of its real beneficiaries — the
ward3 of the state."

Raise School Age
Minors — "Good citizenship as
well as personal opportunity neces-
sitates the raising of the school-
leaving age from 14 to 16."

Compulsory insurance — "There Is
need for immediate and drastic
action. It is worthy of your con-
sideration whether violators of the
automobile laws may not be re-
quired to install governors on their
cars limiting operation to 30 miles
per hour as a condition of contin-
ued license.

"For the first time since the law
has been in effect a definite halt
has been made in the steadily in-
creasing cost of placing a car on
the road. The cost of compulsory
insurance is based upon a claim
payment, and all of our efforts In
the field of accident prevention
will be nullified unless we can keep
down the cost of claim payments.
"Accidents are important, but
claims are nearly equally import-
ant. Twenty accidents at $100 per
claim may produce a cost of $2,000,
and, on the other hand, one acci-
dent way produce a cost of $5,000
Arridcnts are a fair index to
claims, but statistics show that
claim payments cannot he meas-
ured by the number of accidents.
"A definite forward step has been
taken in this matter In the elniin-
inatlon of the guest from compul-
sory Insurance. The full effect of
this amendment will not be ex-
perienced until next year, but it
Is In effect partial repeal. The pres-
ence of guest coverage in the law
offered the least protection to the
Individual and the greatest tempta-
tion to collusion and exaggerated
claims. By eliminating the guest
from the compulsory Insurance cov-
erage the cost of placing a car
on the road was reduced by 8.4
percent.

"Now that the K uest. has QMS
eliminated from this law we should
turn public, attention to Another
weak spot- the occupant of the
nonnegligent car."

Installment selling — "Many
abuses so much confusion and
evasion in the statement of in-
terest rates on unpaid balances,
that it is next to Impossible for
the consumer to find out the true
rate he will be obliged to pay."

Mortgages rates - "In view of the
plenitude of money and the low
interest rates paid by the fiduciary
institutions, there is, in my opinion,
need for further reduction."

Housing — "Unwholesome, un-
healthful, unsightly tenement prop-
erty, sometimes termed slum areas,
is apparently destined to remain
with us until such time as In the
interests of public health and pub-
lic decency we possess sufficient de-
termination and courage to ter-
minate the some."

Biennial Session

Legislature - "I recommend the j
adoption of a constitutional amend-
ment to make the unicameral legis
lature possible, a reduction in mem-
bership, and biennial ^sion*.

"The chief advantages of these
changes would be an obvious econ-
omy, a saving for our hard-pressed
taxpayers. I not only adhere to thi,
beUef at the present time but I am
convinced that still further econ-
omies might be achieved through
the adoption of the umcame«
Legislature similar to i the sj .tern,
now in operation in Nebraska

•Vre is no need for two cham-
bers today. Historically the SenaU.
nv "unner" house, was to act as a»

arlsffiuc check on themor^em-
ocratic "lower" house, simila rto tne

English Lords-Commons tela .ion
ship. Yet the progress of Political
democracy has emasculated the
Vt , ise of Lords, and in our own
state has fortunately made boh
our Senate and our House of Rep-
resentatives truly democratic bod-
ies.

"Nor is there the basis for two
chambers 8 that we find in Washing;

ton ' 2EASi*T ftSS&Kw

representatives ol t,"
units and the other consists of men
chosen by population groups or
equal size. In our Commonwealth
the members of both houses are
representative of population groups
of equal size, and so duplicate con-
stitutions - "Neither the
I plea of political expediency nor the
1 demand for economy at the expense
of those whose plea tor Wnrfdera-
Uon has so long been denied w.l
justify failure to report the te
quired financial lefUlatlon W •£
sential to the well being of the
menial defectives and so necessary
I to the honor of the Commonwealth.
Bridge-water Cases
"In the Bridgewater State Hospi-
tal for the criminally insane theie
are at Resent 897 patients. Sixty-
five percent of them are ordinary
I mental cases who are at Bridgewa-
ter because of a previous conflict
wUh the iaw. Only ^percent
more secure care than the civn
state hospital usually provides. The
present state hospital for thB crto;
nally insane is under the Depart-
ment of Correction, whereas i 1 be-
Uele that the greater number o
patients there do not need co.ee
tional treatment so much as men
talcare and treatment by the De-
partment of Mental HMM

"At Bridgewater, also, aie ouu
defective delinquents on indetermi-
nate sentence. They are not natural
criminals, but get into trouble be-
I cause of their feeblemindedness
'There are not sufficient ac.c.ommn
dations for them at present. A new
hospital for the criminally insane
would release proper facilities for
them at Bridgewater.

Utility rates— "The consumers of
the Commonwealth should share in
any returns to the companies m ex- ,
cess earnings should take the form
of reduced rates."

Physicians' registration — rer-
■on* engaged in occupations less
dangerous"to the public welfare are
rcauired to pass certain tests.

There can be n0 VaHd ar K umen '
pressed to exclude physicians and

"teHouse bullding-"I recom-
mend that an appropriation ... the
Turn of $1,000,000 be made available
for the erection of an addition to
the State Capitol."

Finance - "It is gratifying tome
to know the fiscal year end found

the state treasury with the largest
free cash balance during the last
five years, $2,486,043."

His message was delivered by
the Governor under the strain of
a severe cold which has incapaci-
tated him several days.

Although he read from a pre-
pared copy, the Governor temp-
orarily discarded the manuscript
during the discussion of finances
and assured the Legislators that
the discontinuation of the state
tax was entirely feasible and would
afford a $2 reduction in municipal
tax rates if legislation is adopted
to make it possible, through his
alternate tax proposals.

Calling on the Legislature to

forget political considerations and

report his financial recommenda-

' tions and other suggestions for

legislation, Governor Curley made

' much of the common interest in-

: volved and the opportunity for

service to the people of the state.

Some of the measures recom-
mended hv the Governor were in-
dorsements of reports of special
commissions. Among these were
the more stringent laws on install-
ment buying and establishment of ,
a sliding scale of public utility

Mrs. Mary Donnelly, the Gover-
nor's daughter, and her husband,
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward C. Don-
nelly were among those seated in
the Speaker's gallery. With them
were Paul, Francis and George
Curley, Miss Kathleen Donnelly,
Police ' Commissioner and Mrs.
Eugene McSweeney, Dr. Martin H.
English the Governor's personal
physician, and Edmond C. Dolan,
former Boston city treasurer.

Members of the family of Speak-
er Saltonstall were among the
guests in the Speaker's gallery.

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BOSTON MASS.

STANDARD
New Bedford, Mas*.

JAN t Ib'db

WATCATTACKS
GOODWIN ACTS

Blames Registrar (or Lab
Trouble in Haverhill
Shoe Industry

BOSTON.~Jan~T7lNS ) -Attack-
ing both Governor Curley and ReR-

8 ? r ar of Motor Vehicles Frank A.
Goodwin. Secretary Robert J-,
Watt of the Massachusetts Fed
Trallon of Labor today declared

- f anv trouble results in the Ha

&"tt5K2? ^° rtwin and his

Allied Brotherhood-

""Sf .\KP «S5f 8 the

Unio n WhiC* i claims the jig
ffSSSiKSE. -usual tod.*
? n the face of picket ^,ne.

Manufacturers. ! nslsten \ union ,
would deal only with a *££»£ '
the Boot and Shoe ^« iread

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ihursdav. Januarv 2. i

Tax Suggestions

kv in his annual message

a 2c a package impost on cigarettes Jffj*****
on alcohol..

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to the Massachu-

NEWS
Newburyport, Mass.

J ^ me

GOVERNOR CURLEY
ASKSlOR MORE TAXES
; IN ANNUAL^MESSAGE

Also Lays Before Legislature Broad Plan

for "Social Security" — Makes Many

Other Recommendations

the elder jurists. The judges, accord-
ing to the governor "because of age,
can no longer meet completely the
requirements of the office." Under the
pension plan devised by the governor
to retire Jurists at full pay when
they reach the age of 70, his claim is
that the "Commonwealth would be
assured of a full quota of judges in-
tellectually in the prime of life,
without the need of drastic action
against men who have given long and
honorable service and whose only
fault is the natural one of failing
to recognize the gradual waning of
their powers."

In accord with recent trends. Gov-
ernor Curley announced himself
wholeheartedly in favor of a vast
spending program designed to pro-
duce a building program at state in-
stitutions without listing contem-
plated expenditures and devoid of
gubernatorial recommendation for fi-
nancing the projects.

Condemns Legislature.

Throughout the entire message ap-
peared eulogies of his administration
in 1935 and the benefits produced
under his guidance. His condemna-
tion of the legislature which blocked
his proposals, was carried through in
his 1936 New Year's greeting as he
requested additional funds to com-
plete the unfinished program pro-
posed a year ago.

Additional buildings, equipment
for newly erected hospitals, finances
for additional personnel, housing for
added workers and new buildings to
relieve overcrowding, are asked with-
out provision for the appropriation
of funds to carry through the pro-
gram.

In line with the federal government
housing act, slum clearance and low
cost housing developments are a
vital part of the "social security"
program which was laid before the
legislature for consideration

State House, Boston, Jan. 2.—
Heralding a new era of "social jus-
tire," Governor James M. Curley
yesterday laid before the Mill— ii ill ll

i legislator* a broad plan for
:<1 security," overshadowed by a
detailed program of state building ai
institutions and a fiscal policy con-
tcinin;,- multitudinous unpopular tax
proposals.

Reforms In structure by adoption
of a unicameral legislature, reduc-

ti< n of membership and adoption of
ual sessions is urged by the chief
executive In his annual message to
the Cfeneral Court before large
thrcngs in the House of Represen-
tativ

Slightly touching on a definite pro-
gram of "social security" for which
he has definitely declared himself,
the governor reviewed his success
and failure of the past year, hailing
his victories as the foundation of a
social security platform. Explaining
the failure of the "work and wages"
program, now a much mourned slo-
gan, the governor asserted the re-
sponsibility rests with the legislature
"which provided funds not only
grudgingly but in surti limited
amount as to make impossible the
complete fulfillment of the pledge of
work and wages.

Taxation Program.

An amazing feature of the New
Year's day address is the taxation
financial program drafted by the
governor.

Features outlined include a con-
tinuation of the 10 percent surtax
adopt"d last year, continuation for
five years of the additional gasoline
tax. doubled license fee for trucks on
the highway, additional taxes on do*
racirw. with horses remaining free
from, a tax increase, transfer of al-
coholic taxes from the special old
age assistance fund to the general
fund, a 40 cents a gallon tax on
each proof gpllnn of alcohol, a two-
cent cigaietu tax and a $5 license
fee for slot machines

,i. To . the etld timt the state tax be
dismissed, these new forms of taxa-
tion are recommended.

Would Retire Elder Jurists,
legisfa'fiiri. r wv°r , i S ?/ e m * cd ° n the

Contrary Remarks.

Contrary to his opening words to
the General Court wherein lie hailed
the new year a.s the "end of the de-
?Q?f'°, n ' ,?- ss,, "»itf that "The year
1936 should prove memorable in' tho
£m«! ot °F ^Mry. marking as It
will the end of the greatest depres-

ne°onir ■" I n ViSitf ' d Upon thc American
people, the governor hailed a new
program of social welfare overbur-
bES" H llh r ml » f iers of the "scrlp-
keener""™' * am my broth cr's

Throughout his di.scas.sion of legis-
?enri . r f e -A )n " s " ,' !0lPd a definite
»™nl of lhe new democracy to cen-
tialize governmental authority

'•■■*¥ *-\j¥r"

i.^uT* '" °P erat me government
is hailed as the cause for a reduc-
tion in the number of lenislabm
abolition of a legislative branch * and
creation of biennial .sessions

Removal of the stumbling block of
numbers, with the control of law

SS, ln -F A" the hands of a elected
few, further removed fram the vot-
ing public, is contrary to the intent
of the framers of constitution of the
Commonwealth, carried further with
later amendments, providing for large
delegations to be selected bv the vot-
ers as spokesmen, during a time when
population was not as great as today
a £> h °t governmental authority,
f,moH bsorpt i on . of local governmental
8E5h^J? ta ¥ t *y U » passcs froln the
SSS^f 2* the ? Iect orate into the auto-

tv u^h em 1 ln! , tl0t ]< of a dtetan * niinori-
bo'dies minting of governmental

For Increase in School Ajre Limit

In keep'.ng with the desires of the
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
the Governor has urged iiuon fchn
General Court an increase 'in e
compulsory school age from 14 to 16
the mam purpose given, to stimulate
employment tor the adult unemploy-

in whipping the legislature publicly

?h° a V ^ r h n ° r S* torla - v left the Houm
chamber, with a perplexed legislature
wondering just how it may just ify
the enormous expenditures urged bv
the Governor while their 1935 finan-
cial escapade still leaves a disagree-
able birthmark on their political faces.

Legislative Recommendations

In his address Governor Curley
proposed the following legislative
program for 1936:

Extension of the 10 percent surtax
on intangibles, adopted at the Gov-
ernor's request last year to prevail for
but one year.

Continuation for five years of the
additional gasoline tax.

Doubled license fee for the opera-
tion of motor trucks on Massachusetts
highways.

Payment of tax receipts from liquor
taxes be made directly to the general
fund, rather than set aside for distri-
bution to cities and towns to meet old
age costs.

Imposition of a 40-cents per gallon
tax on each proof gallon of alcohol

Increased tax on dog racing from
3 1-2 to five percent.

Two cent tax on cigarettes and cor-
responding rate on other tobacco
products.

Five dollar a year tax on slot ma-
chines placed throughout the state

Transfer of amounts reposing in the
military and naval service fund of
1919 the escheated estates fund and
unclaimed dividend fund to the gener-
al fund, is proposed .

Construction of addition penal fa-
cilities at Norfolk.

Would Abolish State Prison

Abolition of the Charlestown site
maintaining the prison as a receiving
station.

Discontinuance of bicameral legis-
lature with the creation of a unicam-
eral body.

Reduction of legislative member-
ship.

Adoption of biennial sessions of the
General Court.

Voluntary retirement of judges with
full pay at the age of 70.

Construction °* "vlng quarters for
1500 additional employees at state
mental hospitals, necessitated by
adoption of the 48-hour law.

Construction of a new state school
under the Jurisdiction of the depart-
ment of mental diseases

New state hospital for the mentally
ill, to be constructed at Norfolk at a
cost of $750,000.

Construction of hospital for crimi-
nally Insane at Brldgewatcr

Appropriation of funds to fireproof
state Institutions. |

•^^*>{> v

Legislative grant for the expendi
ture of $12,000 to equip the research
building at the Wrentham State hos-
pital with further appropriations to
provide for personnel for the institu-
tion.

Erection of new structures at Rut-
land for the care of tubercular pa-
tients.

Construction of housing facilities
for employees at the Rutland Hospi-
tal and Pondville Cancer Hospital.

For Addition to State House.

Extension of the present "state
House building by expenditure of $1,-
000,000 for an addition, to house-
state departments, now private ten-
ants.

Abolition of the Metropolitan
Planning Division.

Inclusion of nurses at state insti-
tutions in the provisions of the '
Workmen's compensation Act.

Merger of the powers of Industrial
Accident Board with those of the De-
partment of Labor and Industries.

Extension of the compulsory school
age from U to 16 years.

Creation of additional jobs as "in-
spectors" in the Registry of Motor
Vehicles.

Prohibition of the practice of civil
law by district court judges in their
own courts.

Establishment of district courts on
a circuit court basis.

Compensation for special justices to
be determined on an "hour" basis,
abolishing the present system meas-
uring payment per diem.

Institution of a sliding scale for
electric light rates.

Authority be granted the state de-
partment of public utilities to d"- '
termine a fair rate of return fo<- '
utility companies, a fair rate base,
and a basis for participation in prof-
its dv the public.

Appointment of additional em-
ployees in the state department of
public utilities to cope with this ad-
ditional work.

Interest Rate Cut Favored.

Further reduction in mortgage in-
terest rates.

Adoption of a uniform installment
sales law, regulating the method for
computing interest on unpaid bal-
ances.

Additional $100,000 for advertising
Massachusetts as a recreational cen-
fcer.

Creation of a commission to study
the advisability of promoting eco-
nomic education in schools, second-
ary schools and among the adult
population.

Broader Housing- Laws.

Broadened housing laws permitting
cities and towns to raise and appro-
priate monies to toromote slum clear-
ance creating low cost housing pro-
jects.

Extension of powers of state hous-
ing board to act where local boards
are inactive to provide for slum clear-
ance and low cost housing.

Revision of state unemployment in-
surance laws to conform with federal
statutes.

Adoption of state laws granting
power for police authorities to move
without consideration of state boun-
dary lines (to be adopted in antici-
pation of federal legislation which
may make such co-operation between
states legal.)

Appropriation of $100,000 for prop-
agation of insectivorous birds to aid
the conservation of bird and fish
me.

Creation of a committee to repre-
sent the Commonweath at the Ter-
centenary anniversary of Harvard
College.

Erection of a war memorial, as ask-
ed last year.

Probe of Operating Costs.

Creation of a commission to probe
possible methods of reducing operat-
ing costs in the state.

Adoption of legislation encourag-
ing the lending of money by banks
for business enterprises and home
construction, as a means of develop-
ing property values in Massachusetts.
Estalhshment of a law, makinp
criminal the practice of medicine or
surgery m the Commonwealth with-

I °u w e P ro PeJ" credentials issued by
the. board of registration in medicine.

| creation of a new commission.

, composed of experts to probe state
taxation matters and the complex
problem of state expenditures, to bo
given limitless authority as to expen-

| ditures for the probe, the hiring of

[expert advice and without restraint
as to tunc element in making the

: survey.

Installation of governors limiting

I s'leed to 30 miles per hour of automo-
biles operated by persons involved In
accidents.

Ls^WoAjl B^~

NEWS
Newburyport, Mass.

JAN 2 193b

Tine Governor's Message

This year's message to the Legislature will not be taken
so .seriously a , Qo? •"•nor .lames M. Curley's lasl year's message
Some oi his re,c,n', .nidations |„ s f year were ] ., u , ! . ,- ()U11( | (l| )l( ,
unconstitutional and others received no support from the gov-
ernor himself, who .-wined never to have made them seriously.
Last year the governor's plan to make ids attorney general
lord of all district attorneys was found to be unconstitutional.
Again last year Mr. Curley asked for biennial sessions but
showed no interest in the .subject when the legislature refused
to consider it seriously. Therefore we take with a grain of sail
many of His Excellency's recommendations in this rear's mes-
sage.

In his introduction Governor Curley says that 1986 marks
the end of the depression, and then asks for a series of de-
pression taxes and building projects which recognize the Ian
that he expects the depression to last till L937 at least. But a
little discrepancy like that does not bother the governor He
has recently chosen as a slogan the words "social security"
It; is hard to tell what Mv. Curley nic,*s bv tins term, but it
seem* to boil down to making large state expenditures for the
benefit oi Mr. Curley's friends and Satellites, the glorified poli-
ticians. The slogan has no connection with Madame Perkins'
grandiose scheme of pensions. He apologizes lor the failure of
- 'work and wages" promises and blames its lack of success
a parsimonious legislature.

Once again he asks for a smaller number of legislators
must make this request with his tongue in his cheek, for
legislators will never consent to a reduction in their num-
ttia unicameral legislature will receive no attention from
either legislature or public. He again calls for biennial sessions
but will probably give this measure no support in the legisla-
ture. I he would expend half his mighty energy into putting
ueun.al sessions through the legislature' that lie employs in
killing off Ins personal enemies, biennial sessions would be passed
tins winter.

His suggestion that the state tax be dismissed bv passing

, 1,1 W T °° ^"^"^ New taxes arc not only un-

es but the present taxes should be reduced. Give this

t ■ ™ » l>'«»"»>tf to get rid Of the older members of

, ' I" :" ,h f fc«.i*»y Place some of his friends

er ,'n t i „ t. \> ! 'fr f !,1 '"- ,, ' Hs < 1 '" Sovsrnor asks for high-

or Sy i" ta * 6S al ' e " 0t *«««*■*. Here is a ehane,

Jus
on

lie

the

her.

Nashua, N. H.

J/W 2

193b

OfflffS

ADDRESS HIT
| BYCRITICS

Blunt, Sharp Comment

by Senator and

Speaker

facilities for bonsing mental de-
fectives * * * and would like to
have the public believe his prede-
cessors in office and the legislature
were responsible. He forgets that
he was presented at the last ses-
sion with an adequate program of
building hut preferred to insist on
an appropriation for highways and
sidewalks."

GAZETTE

Northampton, Mass.

JAN 1936

ONE CHAMBER

BOSTONa Jn 3 </P)-Blunt and
sharp criticism of Governor James
M. Curley's messago to the second
session of the 14!»th Massachusetts
legislature came today from a state
senator and the speager of the
House, both Republicans.

"Bluntly, it shouts extravagance
and whispers economy," said
Speaker Leverett Saltonstall of the
Democratic Governor's message, de-
livered yesterday.

"A welter of vague generalities,"
was the comment of State Senator
Henry Parkman.

"The Governor's address sounded
well," Saltonstall said, "but even a
hurried analysis of his recommen-
dations reveals several Inconsis-
tencies.

"In one statement he accuses the
legislature of being underhanded
in passing a bill and in another de-
clares that it is fortunate the le-
gislature acted as it did on the
same bill.

"The Governor makes several
recommendations for the construc-
tion of public buildings, but omits
to' state how the money is to be
raised.

I.V.Iiir-in:; Costs

"He talks freely of reducing Ih'i
cost of government. But In this re-
spect merely suggests that a study
be made — the tindings of course tu-
be made to the legislature after the
Governor's term lias expired."

The Governor lias announced
himself a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for IT. s. Sena-
tor.

"It is significant, "Saltonstall
said "that the Governor's attack I
has shifted from the executive
council to the legislature Last
year he wanted the executive coun-
cil abolished. N'ow he controls it ;
he makes no reference to it what-
ever."

Xenial Defectives.

I Senator I \. r U in ; , ,, , referring to
thai part of Governor Curley's

orient. WW* t0 thc *"»*•

1 ..™ ?} detf, <-<lveH, said:

on SJtaK™ 8D0W ^ s °me heat
the ta »«re to provide additional

Governor Curley 1„ his BddroM
to the legislature yesterday made
one suggestion which is not un-
like the movement in Northamp-
ton for a one-board government.
•He advocates a unicameral legis-
lature, simi , ar t0 the 8ystem nQw

«n operation in Nebraska, Instead
of the present two-chamber plan.
He proposes a reduction in the
membership f , he legislature,
and the adopting of biennial ses-
sions.

The governor's argument? In
favor of these changes include
the following: "One great advan-
tage in the unicameral legisla-
ture is that it does away with
the conference committee that
exists to reconcile the differences
in a measure passed bv both
houses, aild thai often ends by
Producing a bill that Is satisfac-
tory to nobody. These secret
meetings of conference commit-
tees are undemocratic, uneeo I
nomic, undesirable— yet absolute-
ly necessary under our present
two-house system.

"Furthermore, the unicameral
system enables us to place re-
sponsibility, and to conduct the
business of government efficient-
ly and economically. All votes
would be taken l n the open and
subject to roll call, and each act
wculd be transacted under the
I spotlight of publicity. « would
'enable the representative to act
no that the voter could follow his
record, wlhout confusion, with-
out evasion, without subterfuge,
but ln clearly defined votes and
statements."

If these benefits are to be •»
P'-cted from the unicameral ays.
tern, the proposal should have a j
strong appeal to many citizens J
even though the members of the
legislature may be cool toward
the Idea of reducing their own
number and meeting only one*
' nrj two years.

Economy in operating government |
is .hailed as the cause for a reduc-

NEWS

Newburyport, Mass.

JAN Z 1936

POLITICS IN THE SCHOOLS.

Exposure of political graft In the
public schools of Boston is made a.s
Governor James M. Curlev nomj>
nates an unknown potmcal friend
to be commissioner of education In
Massachu.wtts. mere is no direct
connection between the events bull
they both proceed from the mingling !
of politic;, i„ school matters. It wa.>, !
time politicians were notified all over
the state to keep their dirty hanaa
off the school:;. The Parcnt-Teachet
unions will have reason to in-
sist on this time and time again n.
the coming years. The prevalent de-
generation in this Commonwealth is
not yet checked and political school
committeemen are always watchful
to seize their opportunities.
The accused politicians who have
. dabbled with the schools have not
yet had their day in court, but rev-
elations already made have convinced
the state that school management
has been rotten to the core. We do
riot care to go into details. It is clear
that in the schools as elsewhere Uv
practice of paining a living out of
politics is prevalent. The firnvr
mayor of Boston has been a patt
master at it. An intelllcent people
should examine the qualifications oi
candidate.; for every efflec to see
whether the asplranl is trying to
make money out of the position
•ought or whether he Is jfocereb
patriotic. There la much to be aid
in favor of these Back Bav politi-
cians. Nobodv evei thai they
are in politics to make a Uvtag Thej
have money enough to live on ami
do not need it there are men in
high office in this state who every-
body knows, arc in politics to fill
their own pockets and many of them
have been highly sue© Mil We do
noi need to call any names. Tel they
command enthusiastic followers who
refuse to see that they are grafters
Many voters follow them blindly J|
U a fair presumption that any' rich
politician Who entered office poor
has mdirectly stolen Che people's
money by political trickery.

Let us keep education unspotted bv
this contamination, and have no
mwy f or the school committeeman
who , ; - appoln i.i for poli-

tical motives. No teacher and no jan-
itor should be chosen wltboul an
eve lolely on the good of the chil-
dren. The best we can afford t. none
good for them. The spectacle of
prospective teachers bring required
t" pay lor advancement on the lists
»•• jolting and disgusting. In small-'
rr <■'"'• ■ we are not liable to descend
•0 low but we need to watch care-
fully to punish those who would
Introduce political motive Into school
management

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